Hemba language
| Hemba | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Region | Katanga province |
| Ethnicity | Hemba people |
Native speakers | 180,000 (2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
hem |
| Glottolog |
hemb1242[2] |
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)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Hemba". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online