Amba language (Bantu)

Amba
Kwamba
Spoken in  Uganda
 DR Congo
Native speakers 40,100  (date missing)
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 rwm

Amba (also spelled Bulebule, Hamba, Humu, Kihumu, Ku-Amba, Kuamba, Lubulebule, Lwamba, Ruwenzori Kibira, and Rwamba) is a language spoken in parts of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo by the Amba people. The Amba people call it Kwamba and it is known as Kihumu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Amba has a 70% lexical similarity with Bera. Dialects include Kyanzi (Kihyanzi) and Suwa (Kusuwa). According to the Ethnologue, approximately 40,100 people speak the language today worldwide.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Amba: A language of Uganda", Ethnologue (accessed 14 October 2010)

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