Bile language explained

Bile
Nativename:Kun-Ɓíilé
States:Nigeria
Region:Adamawa State
Speakers:38,000
Date:2012
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Volta-Congo
Fam4:Benue–Congo
Fam5:Bantoid
Fam6:Southern Bantoid
Fam7:Bantu
Fam8:Mbam-Bube-Jarawan
Fam9:Jarawan
Fam10:Nigerian Jarawan
Fam11:Numan
Iso3:bil
Glotto:bile1244
Glottorefname:Bile
People:ɓa Ɓíilé
Language:Kun-Ɓíilé
Root:Ɓíilé[1]

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.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Blench, Roger. An Atlas of Nigerian Languages. Kay Williamson Educational Foundation. 2019. 4th. Cambridge.