Limba language (Cameroon)

Limba (Malimba, Mulimba) is a Bantu language of Cameroon. It is very closely related to Duala. Speakers report some degree of mutual intelligibility with Tanga (Batanga), which they call "Old Malimba".[3] Most speak Duala as the local lingua franca.

Limba
Malimba
Native toCameroon
EthnicityLimba
Native speakers
2,200 (2001)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mzd
Glottologmali1280
A.27[2]

References

  1. Limba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. M. Lamberty - A rapid appraisal survey of Malimba in Cameroon
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