Hemba language

Hemba
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Region	Katanga province
Ethnicity	Hemba people
Native speakers	180,000 (2000)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Luban Hemba–Kebwe Hemba; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	hem
Glottolog	hemb1242[2]
Guthrie code	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, eds. (2017). "Hemba". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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