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Bera

A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3: brf

Population	120,000 (1992 SIL).
Region	Orientale Province, Ituri District, Irumu Territory.
Language map	Northern Democratic Republic of Congo
Alternate names	Kibira, Plains Bira
Dialects	One dialect, but some variation around Solenyama. Lexical similarity: 70% with Amba [rwm]; 56%–59% with Bila [bip], Kaiku [kkq], Bhele [bhy], and Komo [kmw]; 47% with Bwa [bww], Lika [lik], and Bali [bcp]; 22% with Nyali [nlj] and Budu [buu].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, D, Bira-Huku (D.30)
Language use	Older adults do not understand Congo Swahili [swc].
Language development	Bible portions: 1930.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

WIT, Gert de, author. 1995. "Bira survey report."

WIT, Gert de, editor. 1995. Compendium of survey reports volume 1: Bira-Huku group of Bantu.  

WIT-HASSELAAR, Alie de, author. 1995. "Bira - Huku wordlists."

Vernacular Publications

Soma na keka kɨbhɨra bonge!. 2009.