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Nyali

A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3: nlj

Population	43,000 (1993 SIL).
Region	Orientale Province, Ituri District, Djugu Territory, Kilo Collectivité.
Language map	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

WIT, Gert de, author. 1995. "Nyali 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."