Bembe language (Ibembe)

Not to be confused with Bembe language (Kibembe) or Bemba language.

Bembe (Kibembe or 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.

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