Rimba language
Not to be confused with Kubu language.
Rimba | |
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Irimba | |
Native to | Gabon |
Ethnicity | Barimba Pygmies |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
None (mis ) |
Glottolog | None |
Rimba (Irimba) is the speech variety of the Babongo-Rimba pygmies of Gabon. Generally considered a dialect of Punu, it may preserve a core of non-Bantu vocabulary, and so to be conservative should be considered unclassified.
References
- "Towards a new classification of African languages", Linguistic Contribution to the History of Sub-Saharan Africa, University of Lyons
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