Ngiri language
| Ngiri | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Region | Ngiri River, Équateur Province |
Native speakers | 80,000 (2000–2002)[1] |
| Dialects |
Loi/Likila
Nunu (Kenunu, C.31c)
Mabaale
Ndoobo
Litoka
Balobo
Enga
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Variously: biz – Loi (Baloi) lie – Likila (Balobo) ndw – Ndobo mmz – Mabaale |
| Glottolog |
libi1251 (Libinzic)[2]balo1261 (Baloi)[3] |
C.31[4] | |
Ngiri is a Bantu language closely related to Lingala.
Maho (2009) lists C311 Mabaale (Mabale), C312 Ndoobo (Ndobo), C313 Litoka, C314 Balobo, and C315 Enga (Baenga-Bolombo) as distinct languages.[4]
References
- ↑ Loi (Baloi) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Likila (Balobo) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Ndobo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Mabaale at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Libinzic". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Baloi". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- 1 2 Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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