Hemba
Native toDemocratic Republic of the Congo
RegionKatanga province
EthnicityHemba people
Native speakers
180,000 (2000)[1]
Dialects
  • Yazi
Language codes
ISO 639-3hem
Glottologhemb1242
L.34, L.202[2]

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.

References

  1. Hemba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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