Amba language (Bantu)

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Amba
Kwamba
Native to
DR Congo
Native speakers
40,000 (2002)[1]
?
Language codes
ISO 639-3rwm
Glottologamba1263
D.22[2]
Vamba
Native toDR Congo
RegionRuwenzories–Kivu
Extinct(date missing)[2]
Amba-based pidgin
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
GlottologNone
D.20B[2]

Amba (also spelled Bulebule, Hamba, Humu, Kihumu, Ku-Amba, Kuamba, Lubulebule, Lwamba, Ruwenzori Kibira, and Rwamba) is a language spoken in parts of

Bera
. Dialects include Kyanzi (Kihyanzi) and Suwa (Kusuwa).

There was once an Amba pidgin called Vamba, now extinct.[2]

References

  1. ^ Amba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b c d Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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