Bemba

BMY

unattested

Alternate Names: Kinyabemba

Status Notes: Unattested.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Narrow Bantu
Unclassified

Nation of Origin: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Other Comments: Probably a duplicate with Buyu ,; Kinyabemba means the language of the Banyabemba, a Buyu-speaking clan group in the Kabambare Territory of Maniema Province. Distinct from Bemba , (Ichibemba) in southeast Katanga Province, Zambia, and Tanzania; and from Bembe , (Ibembe) in Sud-Kivu Province, Fizi Territory.