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Lika

A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3: lik

Population	60,000 (1989 SIL). 57,000 in Wamba District, 3,000 in Rungu District.
Region	Orientale Province, Upper-Uele District, Wamba Territory, Balika-Toriko Collectivité; Rungu Territory, Mongomasi Collectivité.
Language map	Northern Democratic Republic of Congo
Alternate names	Kilika, Kpongo, Mabiti, Toriko
Dialects	Likó (Ikó), Lilikó, Liliká (Liká). Lexical similarity: 65%–70% with Bomokandi Kango, 55%–60% with Pagibete, Bwa, and Uélé Kango, 52% with Bali, 51% with Ngelima, 46% with Komo, 40% with Bhele, Bila, and Bera, 30% with Budu [buu], 25% with Lega languages and Lingala [lin].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, D, Lega-Kalanga (D.20)
Language use	Also use Swahili [swc] in south Wamba zone, Bangala [bxg], the Meje dialect of Mangbetu [mdj], or Budu.
Language development	Bible portions: 2006.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Ethnic groups: Mabiti and Maliko. 2 secondary schools, 15 primary schools, but Lika is not used in the schools. Agriculturalists: coffee, manioc, peanuts, bananas, palm oil, rice, papaya, pineapple, sugarcane, sweet potatoes, yams, eggplant; animal husbandry: poultry; fishermen. Christian, Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

AUGUSTIN, Maryanne, author. 2010. Selected features of syntax and information structure in Lika (Bantu D.20).  

AUGUSTIN, MaryAnne, author. 2012. Selected Features of Syntax and Information Structure in Lika (Bantu D.20).  

PROJET de Traduction de la Bible et d'Alphabétisation en langue Lika, author. Available: 2011; Created: 2002. Manuel d'orthographe Lika.

WIT, Gerrit de, author. 2010. Lika phonologie.