Fuliiru | |
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Native to | Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Ethnicity | Fuliiru |
Native speakers | 400,000 (2012)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:flr – Fuliirujob – Joba (Vira) |
Glottolog | fuli1240 Fuliirujoba1238 Joba |
JD.63,631 [2] |
Fuliiru, or Kifuliiru, is a Great Lakes Bantu language spoken by the Fuliiru people (Bafuliiru), also known as the Fuliru, who live north and west of the town of Uvira in Uvira Territory, South Kivu Province in the far eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is closely related to Kinyindu.[3]