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Ngiri language

Ngiri is a Bantu language closely related to Lingala.

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Ngiri
Native toDemocratic Republic of the Congo
RegionNgiri River, Équateur Province
Native speakers
(80,000 cited 2000–2002)1
Dialects
  • Loi/Likila
  • Nunu (Kenunu, C.31c)
  • Mabaale
  • Ndoobo
  • Litoka
  • Balobo
  • Enga
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
biz – Loi (Baloi)
lie – Likila (Balobo)
ndw – Ndobo
mmz – Mabaale
Glottologlibi1251  Libinzic
balo1261  Loi-Likila
C.312

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.2

References

References

  1. Loi (Baloi) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Likila (Balobo) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Ndobo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Mabaale at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online