Hema language
Hema is a Bantu language and one of three languages spoken by the Hema people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
| Hema | |
|---|---|
| Ruhema | |
| Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Ethnicity | Hema |
Native speakers | 130,000 (2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nix |
| Glottolog | hema1238[2] |
JE.121[3] | |
Hema is sometimes called Southern Hema in contrast to the unrelated language Lendu, also known as Northern Hema.
The ethnically Hema dialect of Nyankore, called Hima, is related but distinct.
References
- Hema at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Hema". 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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