Hemba language

Hemba
Native to Democratic Republic of the Congo
Region Katanga province
Ethnicity Hemba people
Native speakers
180,000 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 hem
Glottolog hemb1242[2]
L.34[3]

Hemba (Emba), also known as Eastern Luba, is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is spoken by the Hemba people.

References

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