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Rimba language

Rimba (Irimba) is the speech variety of the Babongo-Rimba pygmies of Gabon. Generally considered a dialect of Punu, it may preserve a core of non-Bantu vocabulary, and so to be conservative should be considered unclassified.

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Rimba
Irimba
Native toGabon
EthnicityBarimba Pygmies
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Rimba (Irimba) is the speech variety of the Babongo-Rimba pygmies of Gabon. Generally considered a dialect of Punu, it may preserve a core of non-Bantu vocabulary, and so to be conservative should be considered unclassified.1

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  1. "DDL : CLHASS - Themes and actions". www.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr. Retrieved 2017-01-22.