Region Ituri forest Native speakers 40,000 (1993–1998) | Ethnicity Kango (Wochua?) | |
Language family Niger–CongoAtlantic–CongoBenue–CongoBantoidBantu (Zone D.20–30)BoanBomokandianBiranBila Dialects Kango (1,000)Sua (1,000)Bombi-NgbanjaNyakuIbutu | ||
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