Bille

BIL

threatened

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:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Jarawan
Nigerian

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.