Bembe language (Ibembe)

Bembe
Kibembe
Native toDR Congo, Tanzania
RegionLake Tanganyika
EthnicityBembe people
Native speakers
(250,000 in DRC cited 1991)
Language codes
ISO 639-3bmb
Glottologbemb1255
D.54

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

  1. ↑ Bembe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Mwenga Lega at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online