Limba language (Cameroon)

Limba
Limba
Malimba
Native to	Cameroon
Ethnicity	Limba
Native speakers	2,200 (2001)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Congo languages Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid languages Bantu (Zone A) Sawabantu Duala-Limba Limba; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mzd
Glottolog	mali1280
Guthrie code	A.27

Limba (Malimba, Mulimba) is a Bantu language of Cameroon. It is very closely related to Duala. Speakers report some degree of mutual intelligibility with Tanga (Batanga), which they call "Old Malimba".^[3] Most speak Duala as the local lingua franca.

References edit

^ Limba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
^ M. Lamberty - A rapid appraisal survey of Malimba in Cameroon

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[e18-1] Limba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Guthrie-2] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[3] M. Lamberty - A rapid appraisal survey of Malimba in Cameroon

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