Nyali
A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo
| Population | 43,000 (1993 SIL). |
| Region | Orientale Province, Ituri District, Djugu Territory, Kilo Collectivité. |
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Northern Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Alternate names | Huku, Linyali, North Nyali, Nyali-Kilo, Nyari |
| Dialects | Only one dialect, since ‘Nyali-South’ is actually Vanuma [vau]. Vanuma, Mbo [mbo], Ndaka [ndk], Budu [buu], and Nyali [nlj] speakers are more similar to each other than to other border Bantu languages. Lexical similarity: 85% with Vanuma, 76% with Mbo, 73% with Ndaka and Budu. |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, D, Bira-Huku (D.30) |
| Language use | A local language committee has been promoting Nyali since 1982. |
| Comments | ‘Huku’ is reportedly a Hema term used for anyone who is not a Hema. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
de Wit, Gert, editor. 1995. Compendium of survey reports volume 1: Bira-Huku group of Bantu.
Ethnologue: Web |
Ethnologue: Print |
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