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ISO 639-3 · hemhem
Niger–Congo family

Hemba

Hemba is a language of the Luban branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

6a · Vigorous
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
hem
Glottocode
hemb1242
Wikipedia
6 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
9levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level

Facts

NameHemba
Also calledHemba language

Vitality

EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Hemba

The branches above Hemba, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern Bantoidbranch458Bantubranch133Central-Western Bantubranch12LubanbranchhemHembalanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Democratic Republic of the Congo166 languages in the index

Also spoken in Democratic Republic of the Congo

fraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationallinLingalaNiger–Congo · 20 m3 · Wider CommunicationswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mkinKinyarwandaNiger–Congo · 9.8 m1 · NationalswcCongo SwahiliNiger–Congo · 9.1 m2 · ProvincialrunKirundiNiger–Congo · 8.8 m1 · NationalkonKongoNiger–Congo · 5 mSafebemBembaNiger–Congo · 3.6 m2 · ProvincialkooKonjoNiger–Congo · 609,0005 · DevelopinglebLala-Bisaunclassified · 580,0005 · Developing