Zimba language

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Not to be confused with Dhimba (Zimba) language.

Zimba
South Binja
Native to	DR Congo
Native speakers	120,000 (1994 census)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone D.20) Lega–Binja Zimba
Dialects	Kwange Mamba
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`zmb`
Guthrie code	`D.26`^[2]

Zimba is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, spoken in a band of country south of the Elila River.^[3] It is not closely related to other languages, unless the divergent dialects Kwange and Mamba (Kyenyemamba) are considered separate languages.

References

↑ Zimba reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
↑ Bryan, Margaret Arminel (Compiler), The Bantu Languages of Africa, Oxford University Press 1959.

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