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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Democratic Republic of the Congo > Bemba

Bemba

A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3bmy

Population  296,000 (2000).
Region  South Kivu Province.
Alternate names   Kinyabemba
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Unclassified
Comments  Distinct from Bemba [bem] (Ichibemba) in southeastern Katanga Province, Zambia, and Tanzania; or Bembe [bmb] (Ibembe) in Kivu Province, Fizi Territory.