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
- ↑ Hemba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Hemba". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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