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ISO 639-3 · dhmdhm
Niger–Congo family

Zemba

Zemba is a language of the Southwest Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Angola and Namibia. Wikidata counts about 22,000 speakers.

5 · DevelopingLatn22,000
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
dhm
Glottocode
zemb1238
Wikipedia
11 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
11levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameZemba
Also calledZemba language
All speakers22,000
Written inLatin script

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

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 Zemba

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

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern Bantoidbranch458Bantubranch133Central-Western Bantubranch35Njilabranch11Kavango – Southwest Bantubranch9Southwest BantubranchdhmZembalanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Angola35 languages in the indexNamibia26 languages in the index

Also spoken in Angola

porPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · NationalluaLuba-KasaiNiger–Congo · 6.3 m2 · ProvincialumbUmbunduNiger–Congo · 6 m3 · Wider CommunicationkonKongoNiger–Congo · 5 mSafemhwMbukushuNiger–Congo · 49,7106a · VigorouskmbKimbunduNiger–Congo3 · Wider CommunicationcjkChokweunclassified3 · Wider CommunicationlunLundaNiger–Congo4 · EducationalkwzKwadiKhoisan10 · ExtinctkwnKwangaliNiger–Congo4 · Educational