Limba language (Cameroon)
| Limba | |
|---|---|
| Malimba | |
| Native to | Cameroon |
| Ethnicity | Limba |
Native speakers | 2,200 (2001)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
mzd |
| Glottolog |
mali1280[2] |
A.27[3] | |
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".[4] Most speak Duala as the local lingua franca.
References
- ↑ Limba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Malimba". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ↑ M. Lamberty - A rapid appraisal survey of Malimba in Cameroon