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Biyanda Buli language

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Dialects
  
Biyanda Buli

Glottolog
  
sout2785

ISO 639-3
  
gso (partial)

Native to
  
Central African Republic

Native speakers
  
200,000 (2007) Includes Toongo

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Savannas Gbaya Southern Biyanda-Buli

Biyanda (Ɓìyàndà) and Buli (Ɓùlì) constitute a Gbaya language of the Central African Republic. Ethnologue groups them as Southwest Gbaya, but it is not clear how many of the Southwest varieties are part of the same language; Toongo and Mbodomo, for example, are not closely related, though Toongo speakers identify ethnically as Buli, and Ethnologue also lists Mbodomo as a separate language.

References

Biyanda-Buli language Wikipedia