Bile language

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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
Kun-Ɓíilé
Native toNigeria
RegionAdamawa State
Native speakers
38,000 (2012)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bil
Glottologbile1244
Ɓíilé[2]
Peopleɓa Ɓíilé
LanguageKun-Ɓíilé

References

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  1. ^ Bile at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.