Bile (Bille) is one of the few Bantu languages of Nigeria. They can be found domiciled in Adamawa state below the Benue river opposite the Mbula-Bwazza who speak a related Bantu zone A (A60+40b) language.
Bile | |
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Kun-Ɓíilé | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Adamawa State |
Native speakers | 38,000 (2012)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bil |
Glottolog | bile1244 |
Ɓíilé[2] | |
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People | ɓa Ɓíilé |
Language | Kun-Ɓíilé |
References
edit- ^ Bile at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.