Hemba language

Hemba
Hemba
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Region	Katanga province
Ethnicity	Hemba people
Native speakers	(180,000 cited 2000)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Luban Hemba–Kebwe Hemba; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Yazi;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	hem
Glottolog	hemb1242
Guthrie code	L.34, L.202

Last updated May 28, 2025

Hemba (Emba), also known as Eastern Luba , is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is spoken by the Hemba people. Yazi may be a dialect.

Dialects

There are more or less 7 Kihemba dialects according to the Linguistic Atlas of Central Africa:

kinamunóno
kinankúvu
kinalêngwe
kinamámbwe
kinanyembo
kinamuhóna
kinayambúla

References

↑ Hemba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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[e18-1] Hemba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Guthrie-2] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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