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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Nigeria > Bile

Bile

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3bil

Population  30,000 (1992).
Region  Adamawa state, East and southwest of Numan, along Benue River, Numan LGAs.
Language map  Nigeria, Map 5, reference number 279
Alternate names   Bili, Billanchi, Bille, Kunbille
Dialects  Related to Mbula-Bwazza [mbu].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Jarawan, Nigerian
Language use  Also use Hausa [hau] or Fulfulde [fuv].
Comments  Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.