Limba, West-Central
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A language of Sierra Leone
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Yimba, Yumba
Autonym
Hulimba ha
Population
442,000 (2016).
Location
Northern province: east Bombali and northeast Kambia districts, Little Scarcies river area; north of Makeni.
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Language Status
2 (Provincial). Statutory provincial working language in Northern province (2004, Local Government Act, Article 16(1)), may be used in local council deliberations.
Classification
Dialects
Western Limba (Sela, Tonko), Central Limba (Gbongogbo, Tamiso).
Language Development
NT: 1966–2011.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
Quite different from East Limba [lma] of Sierra Leone and Guinea. Traditional religion, Muslim.