Bemba
Bantu language spoken primarily in north-eastern Zambia by the Bemba people
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Summary
Bemba is a language[1]. Bemba ranks in the top 3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (877 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Zambia[3], Democratic Republic of the Congo[4]
- Instance of: modern language[5]
- Subclass of: Sabi[6]
- Writing system: Latin script[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bemba[8]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 3,600,000[9]
- Indigenous to: Haut-Katanga Province[10], Katanga Province[11], Eastern Province[12], Luapula Province[13], Northern Province[14], Copperbelt Province[15], Muchinga Province[16]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/BEM[17]
- Ethnologue language status: 2 Provincial[18]
- Linguistic typology: subject–verb–object[19]
Why It Matters
Bemba has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Bemba is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]