Bembe > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Bembe
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Ibembe; Beembe; Ebembe; Kibembe
Spoken in:
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Guinea
Number of speakers:
252,000 in Democratic Republic of the Congo (1991 UBS)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
4000
(UNESCO)
Code:
bmb
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)
Parent Subgroup:
Bembe (D.50) (bemb)
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered

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