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The Bolgo language is a member of the Bua languages spoken in south-central Chad in the villages of Koya Boli Gagne and Bedi southeast of Melfi by about 1800 people (SIL 1993.) According to de Rendinger it has two principal dialects Bolgo Werel around Daguela and Bolgo Mengo around Aloa-Niagara as well as a dialect called Bolgo Bormo; according to the Ethnologue its principal dialects are called Bolgo Dugag and Bolgo Kubar (small and great Bolgo.) Great Bolgo is spoken to the north bordering Mogum and Saba; Little Bolgo is spoken to the south bordering the closely related language Koke as well as Chadian Arabic.Its typical word order is subject–verb–object noun–adjective aspect–verb possessor–possessed.