Bantu language of the northeastern DR Congo
Bila |
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Forest Bira |
Kango, Sua |
Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
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Region | Ituri forest |
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Ethnicity | Kango (Wochua?) |
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Native speakers | (40,000 cited 1993–1998)[1] |
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Language family | |
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Dialects | - Kango (1,000)
- Sua (1,000)
- Bombi-Ngbanja
- Nyaku
- Ibutu
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Language codes |
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ISO 639-3 | Either:
bip – Bila
kzy – Kango–Sua |
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Glottolog | bila1255 Bila
kang1285 Kango
belu1239 Belueli |
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| D.211,311,313 [2] |
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Bila, or Forest Bira, is a Bantu language spoken in the Mambasa Territory of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is also spoken by the Mbuti Pygmies who live in that area. Pygmy groups to the west include the Kango and Sua (Batchua).[3] Other Mbuti speak Central Sudanic languages. The Kango and Sua speak distinct dialects (southern and northern), but not enough to impair mutual intelligibility with their farming Bila patrons.
Maho (2009) lists Ibutu (Mbuttu, D.313) as a distinct language.
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
References
- ^ Bila at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Kango–Sua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ L'Apare est un ruisseau, affluent de l'Ituri en région des Bantous Babali. La route qui relie Bafwasende à Bomili traverse le village, où réside ce groupe de Pygmées devenus sédentaires. Dans la documentation de l'expédition de 1929 et de 1935, ils étaient désignés sous le nom de Basua [page] Babali aux Bango wa mugwase (ou Pygmées de forêt). Après l'expédition de 1949–50, l'auteur préfère substituer à ces deux appellations, données par les Babali, leurs propres noms : les Pygmées de forêt désignent ceux de village du nom de Balioli (=Belueli) (sing. Dioy) et vice-versa ceux-ci désignent les Pygmées de forêt du nom de Bango (sing. Mwango).
- Serge BAHUCHET, 2006. "Languages of the African Rainforest « Pygmy » Hunter-Gatherers: Language Shifts without Cultural Admixture."[1] In Historical linguistics and hunter-gatherers populations in global perspective. Leipzig.
- Kutsch Lojenga, Constance. 2003. Bila (D32). In Nurse, Derek and Philippson, Gérard (eds.), The Bantu languages, 450-474. London & New York: Routledge.
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Zone D | D10 | |
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- Italics indicate extinct languages.
- Languages between parentheses are varieties of the language on their left.
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