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Fuliiru
Native toUganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo
EthnicityFuliiru
Native speakers
400,000 (2012)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Volta-Congo
      • Benue–Congo
        • Bantoid
          • Southern Bantoid
            • Bantu
              • Northeast Bantu
                • Great Lakes Bantu
                  • Shi-Havu
                    • Fuliiru
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
flr – Fuliiru
job – Joba (Vira)
Glottologfuli1240  Fuliiru
joba1238  Joba
Guthrie code
JD.63,631[2]

Fuliiru, or Kifuliiru, is a Great Lakes Bantu language spoken by the Fuliiru people (Bafuliiru), also known as the Fuliru, who live north and west of the town of Uvira in Uvira Territory, South Kivu Province in the far eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is closely related to Kinyindu.[3]

  1. ^ Fuliiru at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Joba (Vira) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Van Otterloo 1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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Kiringye

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Lubarika

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Mutambala

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Kilungutwe village

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Kasheke

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Ruzizi Plain

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Uvira

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South Kivu

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Kilungutwe River

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Kipupu massacre

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