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
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

  1. 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)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Libinzic". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Baloi". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  4. 1 2 Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online


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