Hemba language

Hemba
Hemba
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Region	Katanga province
Ethnicity	Hemba people
Native speakers	(180,000 cited 2000)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Luban Hemba–Kebwe Hemba; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Yazi;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	hem
Glottolog	hemb1242
Guthrie code	L.34, L.202

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. Yazi may be a dialect.

Dialects

There are more or less 7 Kihemba dialects according to the Linguistic Atlas of Central Africa:

References