Limba language (Cameroon)

Not to be confused with Limba language.

Limba (Malimba, Mulimba) is a Bantu language of Cameroon. It is very closely related to Duala. Speakers report some degree of mutual intelligibility with Tanga (Batanga), which they call "Old Malimba".^[3] Most speak Duala as the local lingua franca.

Limba
Malimba
Native to	Cameroon
Ethnicity	Limba
Native speakers	2,200 (2001)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Congo languages Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Zone A Sawabantu Duala–Limba Limba
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mzd
Glottolog	mali1280
Guthrie code	A.27[2]