Bembe language (Ibembe)

Not to be confused with Bembe language (Kibembe) or Bemba language.
Bembe
Kibembe
Native toDR Congo, Tanzania
RegionLake Tanganyika
EthnicityBembe people
Native speakers
(250,000 in DRC cited 1991)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bmb
Glottologbemb1255
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.

  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