Bembe language (Ibembe)

Bembe
Ebeembe
Native to	DR Congo, Tanzania
Region	Lake Tanganyika
Native speakers	(250,000 in DRC cited 1991)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone D, formerly D.50) Lega–Binja Lega–Bembe Bembe
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog	`bemb1255`
Guthrie code	`D.54`

Bembe (Ebembe) is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Western Tanzania. According to Ethnologue, it forms a dialect continuum with the Lega language through Mwenga Lega. It has no connection with the Bembe (Kibembe) language of the Republic of Congo.