Alternate Names: Bile, Bili, Billanchi, Kunbille
Dialects: None known. Bile ,, Mbula-Bwazza ,, and Kulung , mutually unintelligible (less than 25%). 48% with Mbula-Bwazza ,, 33% with Kulung ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 38,000 (2012 M. Rueck, Z. Yoder, and K. Hannelová). Elderly are monolingual. Ethnic population: 42,000.
Language Use: Shifting to Hausa [hau]. Home, with Hausa [hau]. Adults, elders. Positive attitudes. Also use Hausa [hau], Nigerian Fulfulde [fuv].
Nation of Origin: Nigeria
Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian.