Bila | |
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Kango, Sua | |
Spoken in | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Region | Ituri forest |
Ethnicity | Kango (Wochua?) |
Native speakers | 40,000 (1998) |
Language family | |
Dialects |
Kango (1,000)
Sua (1,000)
Bombi-Ngbanja
Nyaku
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | either: bip – Bila kzy – Kango–Sua |
Bila 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.