Bembe language (Kibembe)

Bembe
Kibeembe
Native to	Republic of Congo
Native speakers	130,000 (2007 census)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone H.10) Kongo Bembe
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]
Guthrie code	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