Bembe language (Ibembe)

Bembe
	Ebeembe
Native to	DR Congo, Tanzania
Region	Lake Tanganyika
Native speakers	(250,000 in DRC cited 1991)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone D, formerly D.50) Lega–Binja Lega–Bembe Bembe; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bmb
Glottolog	bemb1255[2]
Guthrie code	D.54[3]

Bembe (Ebembe) is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Western Tanzania. According to Ethnologue, it forms a dialect continuum with the Lega language through Mwenga Lega. It has connection with the Bembe (Kibembe) language of the Republic of Congo.

References

Bembe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bembe". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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[e18-1] Bembe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bembe". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[Guthrie-3] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online