Ethnicity Hema people ISO 639-3 nix | Native speakers 130,000 (2000) Glottolog hema1238 | |
Native to Democratic Republic of the Congo Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Bantoid
Bantu
Northeast Bantu
Great Lakes Bantu
Nyoro–Ganda
Hema | ||
Hema is a Bantu language and one of three languages spoken by the Hema people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Hema is sometimes called Southern Hema in contrast to the unrelated language Lendu, a.k.a. Northern Hema.
The ethnically Hema dialect of Nyankore, called Hima, is related but distinct.
References
Hema language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA