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ISO 639-3 · tmvtmv
Niger–Congo family

Tembo

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

6a · Vigorous
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
tmv
Glottocode
temb1272
Wikipedia
3 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
11levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level

Facts

NameTembo
Also calledMotembo-Kunda-Buja, Tembo 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 Tembo

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

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern Bantoidbranch458Bantubranch133Central-Western Bantubranch28Mboshi–Bujabranch25Ngondi–Ngiribranch20NgiribranchtmvTembolanguage
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 · NationalluaLuba-KasaiNiger–Congo · 6.3 m2 · ProvincialkonKongoNiger–Congo · 5 mSafebemBembaNiger–Congo · 3.6 m2 · ProvincialkooKonjoNiger–Congo · 609,0005 · Developing