Alternate Names: Bili, Ebhele, Ipere, Kipere, Kipili, Pere, Peri, Pili, Piri
Dialects: Bugombe (Ebugombe). Lexical similarity: 80% with Kaiku , and Komo ,, 70% with Bila ,, less than 60% with Bera , and Amba ,, 40% with Bali , and Lika ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 15,000 (1989).
Language Use: Also use Congo Swahili [swc], Nande [nnb].
Language Development: Bible portions: 1939–1987.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Other Comments: Different from Peri, a dialect of Kalanga , of Zimbabwe. Names of ethnic groups: Babeka, Baleje, Batike, Babhogombe (Bapakombe, Bugombe, Ebugombe), Babhaidhomba, and Babhogala (Bapokara). Bapakombe may be separate language.