Limba language (Cameroon)

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Limba
Malimba
Native to Cameroon
Ethnicity Limba
Native speakers
2,200  (2001)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mzd
A.27[2]

Limba (Malimba, Mulimba) is a Bantu language of Cameroon. It is very closely related to Duala. Speakers report some degree of mutual intelligibility with Tanga (Batanga), which they call "Old Malimba".[3] Most speak Duala as the local lingua franca.

References

  1. Limba reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. M. Lamberty - A rapid appraisal survey of Malimba in Cameroon


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