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Bemba
Chibemba
Native toZambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania
EthnicityBemba, Bangweulu Batwa
Native speakers
4.1 million (2000–2010 census)[1]
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 status
Recognised minority
language in
Bemba language Zambia
Language codes
ISO 639-2bem
ISO 639-3bem
Glottologbemb1257
Guthrie code
M.42[2]
Linguasphere99-AUR-r ichiBemba + ichiLamba incl. 24 inner languages 99-AUR-ra...-rx + varieties 99-AUR-rca...-rsb
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A speaker of the Bemba, recorded in Zambia.
PersonMuBemba
PeopleBaBemba, Awemba, BaWemba
LanguageChiBemba
CountryBembaland

The Bemba language, ChiBemba (also Cibemba, Ichibemba, Icibemba and Chiwemba), is a Bantu language spoken primarily in north-eastern Zambia by the Bemba people and as a lingua franca by about 18 related ethnic groups.

  1. ^ Bemba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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