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زبان بمبا

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Also known as Chibemba, Bemba (Zambia), Bemba language, Cibemba, IchiBemba

Bantu language spoken primarily in north-eastern Zambia by the Bemba people

Key facts

Native to
Zambia , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Tanzania
Ethnicity
Bemba , Bangweulu Batwa
Native speakers
(4.1 million cited 2000–2010 census)
Language family
Niger–Congo ? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu ( Zone M.40–50 ) Sabi South Sabi Bemba
Dialects
Town Bemba
Writing system
Latin ( Bemba alphabet ), Bemba Braille
Official language in
Zambia
Iso 639 2
bem
Iso 639 3
bem
Glottolog
bemb1257
Guthrie code
M.42
Linguasphere
99-AUR-r ichiBemba + ichiLamba incl. 24 inner languages 99-AUR-ra...-rx + varieties 99-AUR-rca...-rsb

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