Shira language

{{Short description|Bantu language of Gabon}}

{{distinguish|Shirawa language}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Shira

|nativename=Eshira

|states=Gabon

|region =

|ethnicity = Shira people

|speakers={{sigfig|39400|2}}

|date=2000

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu (Zone B)

|fam6=Sira (B.40)

|iso3=swj

|glotto=sira1266

|glottorefname=Sira

|guthrie=B.41,411

}}

Shira is a Bantu language of Gabon.

Maho (2009) considers Bwali to be a closely related language. Bwali does not have an ISO code.