Limba, East

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A language of Guinea

ISO 639-3
lma
Alternate Names
Yimba, Yumba
Population

4,000 in Guinea (Johnstone 1993). 2,000 speakers of the Ke subdialect of Northern Limba (1991 J. Kaiser). Population total all countries: 4,600.

Location

Also in Sierra Leone.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Atlantic, Southern, Limba
Dialects

Northern Limba (Ke-Woya-Yaka, Warawara).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Limba, East
Other Comments

Quite different from West-Central Limba [lia] of Sierra Leone. Traditional religion, Muslim.

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