Hema

NIX

vigorous

Alternate Names: Congo Nyoro, Hema-Sud, Kihema, Nyoro, Oruhuma, Runyoro, Southern Hema

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Narrow Bantu
Central
J
Nyoro-Ganda (E.121)

Demographics: 125,000 (2000).

Nation of Origin: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Other Comments: Hema is spoken by the Southern Hema people, of the same ethnic stock as the Northern Hema (who speak Lendu ,) and the speakers of the Hima dialect of Nyankore , in Uganda.