Tembo

TBT

developing

Alternate Names: Chitembo, Kitembo, Nyabungu

Dialects: Rhinyihinyi, Tembo (Kitembo). No major dialect differences. Lexical similarity: 75% with Hunde ,, 70% with Shi ,, 55% with Nande ,, 50% with Nyanga ,, 45% with Lega Shabunda ,.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Narrow Bantu
Central
J
Shi-Hunde (D.531)

Demographics: 150,000 (1994 SIL).

Language Development: Bible portions: 1977–2009.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Other Comments: Different from Tembo , in Ngombe group and Tembo , (Tambo) in Nyika-Safwa group.