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Zimba language

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

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Zimba
South Binja
Native toDR Congo
Native speakers
(120,000 cited 1994 census)1
Dialects
  • Kwange
  • Mamba
Language codes
ISO 639-3zmb
Glottologzimb1251
D.262

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

References

  1. Zimba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. Bryan, Margaret Arminel (Compiler), The Bantu Languages of Africa, Oxford University Press 1959.