Native to DR Congo, Tanzania ISO 639-3 bmb | Region Lake Tanganyika Glottolog bemb1255 | |
Native speakers (250,000 in DRC cited 1991) Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Bantoid
Bantu (Zone D, formerly D.50)
Lega–Binja
Lega–Bembe
Bembe | ||
Bembe (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 no connection with the Bembe (Kibembe) language of the Republic of Congo.
References
Bembe language (Ibembe) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA