Zimba | |
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South Binja | |
Native to | DR Congo |
Native speakers | (120,000 cited 1994 census)[1] |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | zmb |
Glottolog | zimb1251 |
D.26 [2] |
Zimba is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, spoken in a band of country south of the Elila River.[3] It is not closely related to other languages, unless the divergent dialects Kwange and Mamba (Kyenyemamba) are considered separate languages.
References
[edit]- ^ Zimba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ Bryan, Margaret Arminel (Compiler), The Bantu Languages of Africa, Oxford University Press 1959.