Bembe language (Ibembe)

Bembe
Ebeembe
Native to	DR Congo, Tanzania
Region	Lake Tanganyika
Native speakers	unknown (250,000 in DRC cited 1991)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone D, formerly D.50) Lega–Binja Lega–Bembe Bembe
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bmb
Glottolog	bemb1255[2]
Guthrie code	D.54[3]

Bembe (Ibembe) 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. It has no connection with the Bembe (Kibembe) language of the Republic of Congo.

References

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