Hema language

Hema
Kihema
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ethnicity	Hema people
Native speakers	130,000 (2000)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu Nyoro–Ganda Hema
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog	`hema1238`
Guthrie code	`JE.121`

Hema is a Bantu language and one of three languages spoken by the Hema people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Hema is sometimes called Southern Hema in contrast to the unrelated language Lendu, also known as Northern Hema.

The ethnically Hema dialect of Nyankore, called Hima, is related but distinct.