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Amba
Kwamba
Native toUganda, DR Congo

Native speakers

40,000 (2002)[1]

Language family

Niger–Congo?

Language codes
ISO 639-3rwm
Glottologamba1263

Guthrie code

D.22[2]
Vamba
Native toDR Congo
RegionRuwenzories–Kivu
Extinct(date missing)[2]

Language family

Amba-based pidgin

Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
GlottologNone

Guthrie code

D.20B[2]

Amba (also spelled Bulebule, Hamba, Humu, Kihumu, Ku-Amba, Kuamba, Lubulebule, Lwamba, Ruwenzori Kibira, and Rwamba) is a language spoken in parts of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo by the Amba people. The Amba people call it Kwamba and it is known as Kihumu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Amba has a 70% lexical similarity with Bera. Dialects include Kyanzi (Kihyanzi) and Suwa (Kusuwa).

There was once an Amba pidgin called Vamba, now extinct.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ AmbaatEthnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  • ^ a b c d Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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