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Person	MuBemba
People	BaBemba, Awemba, BaWemba
Language	ChiBemba
Country	Bembaland

Bemba
Bemba
Icibemba
Native to	Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania
Ethnicity	Bemba, Bangweulu Batwa
Native speakers	4.1 million (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 status
Recognised minority; language in	Zambia
Language codes
ISO 639-2	bem
ISO 639-3	bem
Glottolog	bemb1257
Guthrie code	M.42
Linguasphere	99-AUR-r ChiBemba + 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.

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, including the Bisa people of Mpika and Lake Bangweulu, and to a lesser extent in Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. Including all its dialects, Bemba is the most spoken indigenous Bantu language and a lingua franca in Zambia where the Bemba form the largest ethnic group.^[3] The Lamba language is closely related and some people consider it a dialect of Bemba.

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

[e18-1] Bemba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Guthrie-2] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[3] Zambia at Ethnologue

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