Zimba | |
Nativename: | South Binja |
States: | DR Congo |
Speakers: | 120,000 |
Date: | 1994 census |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
Fam4: | Bantoid |
Fam5: | Bantu (Zone D.20) |
Fam6: | Lega–Binja |
Dia1: | Kwange |
Dia2: | Mamba |
Iso3: | zmb |
Glotto: | zimb1251 |
Glottorefname: | Zimba |
Guthrie: | D.26 |
Zimba is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, spoken in a band of country south of the Elila River.[1] It is not closely related to other languages, unless the divergent dialects Kwange and Mamba (Kyenyemamba) are considered separate languages.