Bembe language (Kibembe)
Bembe | |
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Kibeembe | |
Native to | Republic of Congo |
Native speakers | 130,000 (2007 census)[1] |
Dialects |
Beembe
Kamba-Doondo
Hangala (Ghaangala)
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
Variously: beq – Bembe xku – Kamba dde – Doondo |
Glottolog |
beem1239 (Beembe)[2]kaam1238 (Kaamba)[3]doon1238 (Doondo)[4] |
H.11,111,112 [5] |
Bembe (Kibeembe) is a Bantu language of Congo-Brazzaville. It is closely related to Kikongo. Pangwa (not the Pangwa of Tanzania) may be a dialect.
Maho (2009) considers Beembe, Kamba-Doondo, and Hangala (Ghaangala) to be distinct languages.
It should not be confused with the Bembe language (Ibembe) spoken in Congo-Kinshasa and Tanzania.
References
- ↑ Bembe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Kamba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Doondo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Beembe". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kaamba". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Doondo". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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