Bembe language (Ibembe)

Bembe
Bembe
Kibembe
Native to	DR Congo, Tanzania
Region	Lake Tanganyika
Ethnicity	Bembe people
Native speakers	(250,000 in DRC cited 1991)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone D, formerly D.50) Lega–Binja Lega–Bemba Bembe; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bmb
Glottolog	bemb1255
Guthrie code	D.54

Bembe (Kibembe or Ebembe) is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Western Tanzania. According to Ethnologue, it forms a dialect continuum with the Lega language through Mwenga Lega.

RegionLake Tanganyika

Native speakers

(250,000 in DRC cited 1991)^[1]

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Bembe
Kibembe
Native to	DR Congo, Tanzania
Region	Lake Tanganyika
Ethnicity	Bembe people
Native speakers	(250,000 in DRC cited 1991)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone D, formerly D.50) Lega–Binja Lega–Bemba Bembe
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`bmb`
Glottolog	`bemb1255`
Guthrie code	`D.54`^[2]