Vili language

Vili
Vili
Civili
Native to	Republic of the Congo, Gabon
Native speakers	100,000 (2000)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone H) Kongo (Kikongo, H.10) Vili; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	vif
Glottolog	vili1238
Guthrie code	H.12

Vili (Civili) is one of the Zone H Bantu languages, grouped with the Kongo clade.

The language has a few thousand native speakers in spread along the coast between southern Gabon and Cabinda, most of them in the Republic of the Congo's Kouilou, Pointe-Noire and Niari departments. The Vili people (singular Muvili, plural Bavili) were the population of the 17th- to 18th-century Kingdom of Loango in the same region.

^ Civili is pronounced Tchivili and can also be pronounced Tshivili.
^ Vili at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[1] Civili is pronounced Tchivili and can also be pronounced Tshivili.

[e18-2] Vili at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Guthrie-3] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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Vili
Civili^[1]
Native to	Republic of the Congo, Gabon
Native speakers	100,000 (2000)^[2]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone H) Kongo (Kikongo, H.10) Vili
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`vif`
Glottolog	`vili1238`
Guthrie code	`H.12`^[3]