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Bile
Kun-Ɓíilé
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Adamawa State
Native speakers	38,000 (2012)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Mbam-Bube-Jarawan Jarawan Nigerian Jarawan Numan Bile
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`bil`
Glottolog	`bile1244`

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People	ɓa Ɓíilé
Language	Kun-Ɓíilé

Bile (Bille) is one of the few Bantu languages of Nigeria. They can be found domiciled in Adamawa state below the Benue river opposite the Mbula-Bwazza who speak a related Bantu zone A (A60+40b) language.

References

Bile at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

v t e Mbam languages
Sanaga	Leti Tuki
West	Bati Nomaande Nyokon Tunen Tuotomb Yambeta
Yambasa	Elip Mmaala Mbule Nubaca Nugunu Yangben
Jarawan	Bile Damlanci Dulbu Gwa Jarawa Kulung Labir Lame Mama Mbula-Bwazza Shiki
Other	Bube

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