Hema
A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo
| Population | 125,000 (2000). |
| Region | Orientale Province, Ituri District, Irumu and Djugu territories. |
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Northern Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Alternate names | Congo Nyoro, Hema-Sud, Kihema, Nyoro, Runyoro, Southern Hema |
| Dialects | Toro (Orutoro, Tooro). Toro dialect is quite different from Nyoro [nyo] of Uganda. Lexical similarity: 78% between the Toro and Nyoro dialects. |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, J, Nyoro-Ganda (J.10) |
| Comments | Hema is spoken by the Southern Hema people, of the same ethnic stock as the Northern Hema (who speak Lendu [led]), and of the same ethnic stock as speakers of the Hima dialect of Nyankore [nyn] in Uganda. |
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