Bembe language (Kibembe)

Bembe
Kibeembe
Native to Republic of Congo
Native speakers
 1,300 (2007 census)[1]
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]
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. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Beembe". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kaamba". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  4. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Doondo". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  5. ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

The Noun Phrase in Kibembe (D54)


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