Limba, West-Central

LIA

developing

Alternate Names: Yimba, Yumba

Dialects: Central Limba (Gbongogbo, Tamiso), Western Limba (Sela, Tonko).

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Atlantic
Southern
Limba

Demographics: 335,000 (1989 J. Kaiser).

Language Development: NT: 1966–2011.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Sierra Leone

Other Comments: Quite different from East Limba , of Sierra Leone and Guinea. Traditional religion, Muslim.