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Bemba language

Bemba (also known as Zambian or natively known as Chibemba, Ichibemba and Chiwemba) is a Bantu language spoken primarily in north-eastern Zambia by the Bemba people.

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Dialects
Town Bemba
Ethnicity
Bemba, Bangweulu Batwa
Glottolog
bemb1257
Guthrie code
M.42
ISO 639-2
bem
ISO 639-3
bem

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Bemba language

Nodes32
Edges31
Triples84
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.0625
Components1

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Bemba language

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related to Basic phrases · 35
Bemba language → AfternoonIchungulo, BagMalumbo, Bemba, BoyUmukashana, DogKoswe, EveningUbushiku, EveryoneBonse, EveryoneLesa, FeacesImisu, FoolUmwaume, GirlAmafi, God, GodWa- IsAkasuba, Ifingi, It, ManUmulumendo, Monkey, Muli, My, NightZambia Ku Chalo
related to External links · 29
Bemba language → African, Archived, Bemba, Bemba Grammatical Description, Bemba Online Project, BembaAmalombelo Mu Cilala Portions, Book, Charles WohlersDaniel Chola Musatwe, Common Prayer, Dorothea, Edward Mwango Kasase, English, Folktales, Kapwepwe, Ku Bwaice, Lehmann, Links, Lubuto Library Special Collections, May, Mulenga Wa Mpanga
Language family · 9
Bemba language → Atlantic–CongoVolta-CongoBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantu (Zone M.40–50)SabiSouth SabiBemba, BantoidSouthern BantoidBantu (Zone M.40–50)SabiSouth SabiBemba, Bantu (Zone M.40–50)SabiSouth SabiBemba, Bemba, Benue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantu (Zone M.40–50)SabiSouth SabiBemba, SabiSouth SabiBemba, South SabiBemba, Southern BantoidBantu (Zone M.40–50)SabiSouth SabiBemba, Volta-CongoBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantu (Zone M.40–50)SabiSouth SabiBemba
Dialects · 1
Bemba language → Town Bemba
Ethnicity · 1
Bemba language → Bemba, Bangweulu Batwa
Glottolog · 1
Bemba language → bemb1257
Guthrie code · 1
Bemba language → M.42
ISO 639-2 · 1
Bemba language → bem
ISO 639-3 · 1
Bemba language → bem
Linguasphere · 1
Bemba language → 99-AUR-r ichiBemba + ichiLamba incl. 24 inner languages 99-AUR-ra...-rx + varieties 99-AUR-rca...-rsb

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bemba prefixes given subject languages bantu object forms zambia used prefix may many verb class pronouns language kula ipa several

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Bemba languageDialectsTown Bemba1.00infobox
Bemba languageEthnicityBemba, Bangweulu Batwa1.00infobox
Bemba languageGlottologbemb12571.00infobox
Bemba languageGuthrie codeM.421.00infobox
Bemba languageISO 639-2bem1.00infobox
Bemba languageISO 639-3bem1.00infobox
Bemba languageLanguage familyAtlantic–CongoVolta-CongoBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantu (Zone M.40–50)SabiSouth SabiBemba1.00infobox
Bemba languageLanguage familyVolta-CongoBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantu (Zone M.40–50)SabiSouth SabiBemba1.00infobox
Bemba languageLanguage familyBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantu (Zone M.40–50)SabiSouth SabiBemba1.00infobox
Bemba languageLanguage familyBantoidSouthern BantoidBantu (Zone M.40–50)SabiSouth SabiBemba1.00infobox
Bemba languageLanguage familySouthern BantoidBantu (Zone M.40–50)SabiSouth SabiBemba1.00infobox
Bemba languageLanguage familyBantu (Zone M.40–50)SabiSouth SabiBemba1.00infobox
Bemba languageLanguage familySabiSouth SabiBemba1.00infobox
Bemba languageLanguage familySouth SabiBemba1.00infobox
Bemba languageLanguage familyBemba1.00infobox
Bemba languageLinguasphere99-AUR-r ichiBemba + ichiLamba incl. 24 inner languages 99-AUR-ra...-rx + varieties 99-AUR-rca...-rsb1.00infobox
Bemba languageNative speakers(4.1 million cited 2000–2010 census)1.00infobox
Bemba languageNative toZambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania1.00infobox
Bemba languageOfficial language inZambia1.00infobox
Bemba languageWriting systemLatin (Bemba alphabet) Bemba Braille1.00infobox

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