The ASJP Database - Wordlist Bira Bip

Wordlist Bira Bip

Compiled by Tessa de Mol-van Valen

No.	Meaning	Concepticon	Word	Loan

Glottocode: bila1255
ISO 639-3: bip

Coordinates WGS84

1°N, 28°45'E
1.00, 28.75

number of speakers	40,000
status	alive

Classification

WALS: NC > Bantu
Glottolog: Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southernbantoid > Narrowbantu > Central Westernbantu > Northzaireriver > Riversbantu > Ngiri > Ngiriterrien > Ngombe Ababuan > Ababuan > Oldbomokandian > Komoic > Bilaic > Bila Kaiku
Ethnologue: Niger Congo > Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southern > Narrowbantu > Central > D > Bira Nyali(d.311)

Sources

Harvey 1997: The Bali of northeastern Congo-Kinshasa: uncovering the history of a people shrouded by the Ituri rain forest. Arlington: The University of Texas at Arlington MA thesis.