Native speakers 80,000 (2000–2002) | ||
Native to Democratic Republic of the Congo Region Ngiri River, Équateur Province Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Bantoid
Bantu (Zone C.10–30)
Ngondi–Ngiri
Ngiri Dialects Loi/Likila
Nunu (Kenunu, C.31c)
Mabaale
Ndoobo
Litoka
Balobo
Enga ISO 639-3 Variously:
biz – Loi (Baloi)
lie – Likila (Balobo)
ndw – Ndobo
mmz – Mabaale | ||
Ngiri is a Bantu language closely related to Lingala.
Maho (2009) lists C311 Mabaale (Mabale), C312 Ndoobo (Ndobo), C313 Litoka, C314 Balobo, and C315 Enga (Baenga-Bolombo) as distinct languages.
References
Ngiri language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA