Bembe language (Kibembe)

Not to be confused with Bembe (Ibembe) language or Bemba language.
Bembe
Kibeembe
Native to Republic of Congo
Native speakers
130,000 (2007 census)[1]
Dialects
Beembe
Kamba-Doondo
Hangala (Ghaangala)
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

  1. Bembe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Kamba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Doondo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Beembe". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kaamba". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  4. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Doondo". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  5. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online


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