Not to be confused with Bira language, Bali language (DRC), Sua language, Kango language (Bas-Uélé District), or Bila' language.
Bila
Forest Bira
Kango, Sua
Native to
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Region
Ituri forest
Ethnicity
Kango (Wochua?)
Native speakers
(40,000 cited 1993–1998)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Bantoid
Bantu (Zone D.20–30)
Boan
Bomokandian
Biran
Bila
Dialects
Kango (1,000)
Sua (1,000)
Bombi-Ngbanja
Nyaku
Ibutu
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Either: bip – Bila kzy – Kango–Sua
Glottolog
bila1255 Bila kang1285 Kango belu1239 Belueli
Guthrie code
D.211,311,313[2]
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.
^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).
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