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.
Not to be confused with Bembe language (Kibembe) or Bemba language.
Bembe | |
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Ebeembe | |
Native to | DR Congo, Tanzania |
Region | Lake Tanganyika |
Ethnicity | Bembe people |
Native speakers | (250,000 in DRC cited 1991)[1] |
Niger–Congo
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bmb |
Glottolog | bemb1255 |
D.54 [2] |
References
- Bembe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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Note: The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them. |
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