Ngiri language

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 balo1261  Loi-Likila
Guthrie code	C.31[2]

Ngiri is a Bantu language closely related to Lingala.

Maho (2009) lists C311 Mabaale (Mabale), C312 Ndoobo (Ndobo), C313 Litoka, C314 Balobo, and C315 Enga (Baenga-Bolombo) as distinct languages.^[2]

References

1. Loi (Baloi) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
   Likila (Balobo) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
   Ndobo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
   Mabaale at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online