Not to be confused with Bembe language (Kibembe) or Bemba language.
Bembe | |
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Kibembe | |
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] |
Bembe (Kibembe or Ebembe) 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.
References
- ↑ Bembe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Mwenga Lega at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ↑ 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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