Region Ituri forest Native speakers 40,000 (1993–1998) | Ethnicity Kango (Wochua?) | |
Native to Democratic Republic of the Congo 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 | ||
Bila, or Forest Bira, is a Bantu language spoken by the Mbuti Pygmies called Kango and Sua (Batchua). The 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.
References
Bila language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA