ISO 639-3 bmb | Region Lake Tanganyika Glottolog bemb1255 | |
Native speakers (250,000 in DRC cited 1991) Language family Niger–CongoAtlantic–CongoBenue–CongoBantoidBantu (Zone D, formerly D.50)Lega–BinjaLega–BembeBembe | ||
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