Bembe language (Ibembe)

Bembe (Ebembe or Ibembe) is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Western Tanzania. According to Ethnologue, it forms a dialect continuum with the Lega language through Mwenga Lega. It has connection with the Bembe (Kibembe) language of the Republic of Congo.

Bembe
Ebeembe
Native toDR Congo, Tanzania
RegionLake Tanganyika
EthnicityBembe people
Native speakers
(250,000 in DRC cited 1991)[1]
Niger–Congo
Language codes
ISO 639-3bmb
Glottologbemb1255
D.54[2]

References

  1. Bembe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online


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