Bile language

{{Short description|Bantu languages of Nigeria}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Bile

|nativename=Kun-Ɓíilé

|states=Nigeria

|region=Adamawa State

|speakers=38,000

|date=2012

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Volta-Congo

|fam4=Benue–Congo

|fam5=Bantoid

|fam6=Southern Bantoid

|fam7=Bantu

|fam8=Mbam-Bube-Jarawan

|fam9=Jarawan

|fam10=Nigerian Jarawan

|fam11=Numan

|iso3=bil

|glotto=bile1244

|glottorefname=Bile

}}

{{Infobox ethnonym|person=|people=ɓa Ɓíilé|language=Kun-Ɓíilé|root=Ɓíilé{{Cite book|title=An Atlas of Nigerian Languages|last=Blench|first=Roger|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2019|edition=4th|location=Cambridge}}}}

Bile (Bille) is one of the few Bantu languages of Nigeria. They can be found domiciled in Adamawa state below the Benue river opposite the Mbula-Bwazza who speak a related Bantu zone A (A60+40b) language.

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Category:Jarawan languages

Category:Languages of Nigeria

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Category:Ethnic groups in Adamawa State