Bila language
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| Bila | |
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| Forest Bira | |
| Kango, Sua | |
| Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Region | Ituri forest |
| Ethnicity | Kango (Wochua?) |
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Native speakers
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unknown (40,000 cited 1993–1998)[1] |
| Dialects |
Kango (1,000)
Sua (1,000)
Bombi-Ngbanja
Nyaku
Ibutu
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either: bip – Bila kzy – Kango–Sua |
| Glottolog | bila1255 (Bila)[2]kang1285 (Kango)[3]belu1239 (Belueli[4])[5] |
D.211,311,313[6] |
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Bila, or Forest Bira, is a Bantu language spoken by the Mbuti Pygmies called Kango and Sua (Batchua). The 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.
References
- ↑ Bila at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Kango–Sua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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- ↑ 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 Pygme'es 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).
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- 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.
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