Bembe language

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The Bembe language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Bembe people in parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring regions of Central Africa.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bembe language canonical 2
Dombe language 1
Yombe language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
natural language
continent Africa
country Democratic Republic of the Congo
ethnicity Bembe people
hasAlternativeName Bembe (DRC)
Ebembe
Kibembe
hasAncestor Proto-Bantu language
linked to: Proto-Bantu
hasDialects regional varieties within Bembe-speaking areas
hasGlottocode bemb1254
hasGlottologName Bembe (Democratic Republic of Congo)
hasISO639-3Code bmb
hasPhonologicalFeature noun class system
tone language
isPartOf Bantu languages of Central Africa
languageFamily Bantu languages
linguisticTypology agglutinative language
macroFamily Atlantic–Congo languages
Niger–Congo language family
morphologicalType agglutinative
region Great Lakes region of Africa
eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
spokenBy Bembe people
spokenIn Central Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
subFamily Niger–Congo languages
usedIn oral communication
traditional culture of the Bembe people
wordOrder SVO
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ha language hasNeighborLanguage Bembe language
Bembe oralTransmissionLanguage Bembe language
Botatwe languages hasMemberLanguage Dombe language
linked to: Bembe language
Bantu Zone B hasLanguage Yombe language
linked to: Bembe language