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Fuliiru

A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3: flr

Population	300,000 (1999 SIL).
Region	Sud-Kivu Province, Uvira Territory, north and northwest of Uvira.
Language maps	Northern Democratic Republic of Congo Southern Democratic Republic of Congo
Alternate names	Fulero, Fuliru, Kifulero, Kifuliiru
Dialects	Lexical similarity: 70% with Mashi [jms], 90% with Nyindu [nyg] and Joba [job].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, J, Shi-Havu (J.50)
Language use	Also use Swahili [swc].
Language development	NT: 1999.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

HOLLINGSWORTH, Kenneth R., author. 1999. "A Scripture-in-song project among the Bafuliiru of the Democratic Republic of Congo."

NICOLLE, Steve, author. 2003. "Distal aspects in Bantu languages."

VAN OTTERLOO, Karen, author. 2011. The Kifuliiru Language: Volume 1 Phonology, Tone, and Morphological Derivation.  

VAN OTTERLOO, Karen; VAN OTTERLOO, Roger, authors. 2011. The Kifuliiru Languages, 2 Volume Set.

VAN OTTERLOO, Roger, author. 2011. The Kifuliiru Language: Volume 2 A Descriptive Grammar.  

Vernacular Publications

Ibihando. 2001.

Ubulwazi bwe'SIDA na'kuti wangabuyiyeka. 2003.

Ulukalango lwashaabulira ndaloozibwa inyumba. 2004.

Ulushaagwa mu' Bafuliiru. 2004.

Umulyango gukola muyigule. 1989.