Limba, West-Central

Primary tabs

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Yimba, Yumba

Population

408,000 (2013 J. Leclerc).

Location

Northern province: east Bombali and northeast Kambia districts, Little Scarcies river area; north of Makeni.

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Western Limba (Sela, Tonko), Central Limba (Gbongogbo, Tamiso).

Language Development

NT: 1966–2011.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Quite different from East Limba [lma] of Sierra Leone and Guinea. Traditional religion, Muslim.