Hemba (Emba), also known as Eastern Luba, is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is spoken by the Hemba people. Yazi may be a dialect.

Dialects

There are more or less 7 Kihemba dialects according to the Linguistic Atlas of Central Africa:

  • kinamunóno
  • kinankúvu
  • kinalêngwe
  • kinamámbwe
  • kinanyembo
  • kinamuhóna
  • kinayambúla

References

  1. ^ Hemba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemba_language