Ngiri language

Ngiri
Ngiri
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Region	Ngiri River, Équateur Province
Native speakers	80,000 (2000–2002)
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;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; biz – Loi (Baloi); lie – Likila (Balobo); ndw – Ndobo; mmz – Mabaale
Glottolog	libi1251 Libinzic; balo1261 Loi-Likila
Guthrie code	C.31

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.

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