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Tembo

A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3: tbt

Population	150,000 (1994 SIL).
Region	Sud-Kivu and Nord-Kivu provinces, Kalehe Territory.
Language map	Northern Democratic Republic of Congo
Alternate names	Chitembo, Kitembo, Nyabungu
Dialects	Tembo (Kitembo), Rhinyihinyi. No major dialect differences. Related to Havu [hav], Hunde [hke], Shi [shr], Fuliiru [flr]. Lexical similarity: 75% with Hunde, 70% with Shi, 55% with Nande [nnb], 50% with Nyanga [nyj], 45% with Lega Shabunda [lea].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, J, Shi-Havu (J.50)
Language development	Bible portions: 1977–2002.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Different from Tembo [tmv] in the Ngombe group, Tembo [mwn] (Tambo) in the Nyika-Safwa group, and Tembo in the Yaka group.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

WIT, Gert de, author. 1995. "Tembo survey report."

WIT, Gert de, editor. 1995. Compendium of survey reports volume 3: other Bantu languages.

Vernacular Publications

Ebuindure bw'emarunga ma nyirakongo. 2006.

Ebukene eshembo. 2006.

Ebwira bwa w' enzo na wanguru. 2005.

Ehwa lya nyókulu. 2004.

Einga ly'emupunge. 2005.

Elwaano lwa ndasomerwa. 2006.

Embene y'enamiruwa. 2002.

Emianyi y'echitembo, volume 1. 2005.

Emukasi na wakakiri. 2006.

Emúkasi n'engórómólí. 2004.

Emulimo w'echitembo aendekera. 2002.

Emunyere musia-sia. 2005.

Emutesi na wamushingi. 2004.

Habinwa bin'eta na habinwa bit'eta. 2005.

Mwani n' ebangumwa (récit du Roi et les vieillards). 2005.

Nabutoore na namirimo (La fille gâtée et la fille travailleuse). 2006.

Shandoyo-ndoyo na nandoyo-ndoyo. 2006.

Wabuli na wamukei. 2006.

Wachikere-kere na wamota. 2004.

Wachishengera na wamutereri (l'hyène et du renard). 2006.

Wafulongo na wanguru. 2004.

Walulaku na wamuhuhu. 2006.

Wambene na wangoromoli (La chèvre et le lion). 2006.

Wamota na wangaafu. 2004.

Wamuliro na wangoromoli. 2004.

Wamutereri na walwaasi (Monsieur le Renard et Monsieur le Coq). 2006.

Wandai na wachikere-kere (la Perdrix et la Grenouille). 2006.

Wángoko ná wandáí. 2004.

Wangoromoli, wandokomu na walushamambwa. 2005.

Wangunda na wabûsu. 2004.

Wangunda na wakase-kase. 2006.