Ngiri language

Ngiri is a Bantu language closely related to Lingala.

Ngiri
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Region	Ngiri River, Équateur Province
Native speakers	80,000 (2000–2002)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone C.10–30) Ngondi–Ngiri Ngiri
Dialects	Loi/Likila Nunu (Kenunu, C.31c) Mabaale Ndoobo Litoka Balobo Enga
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: biz – Loi (Baloi) lie – Likila (Balobo) ndw – Ndobo mmz – Mabaale
Glottolog	libi1251  Libinzic[2] balo1261  Loi-Likila[3]
Guthrie code	C.31[4]

Maho (2009) lists C311 Mabaale (Mabale), C312 Ndoobo (Ndobo), C313 Litoka, C314 Balobo, and C315 Enga (Baenga-Bolombo) as distinct languages.[4]

References

1. Loi (Baloi) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   Likila (Balobo) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   Ndobo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   Mabaale at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Libinzic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Loi-Likila". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
4. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online