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Limba language (Cameroon)

Bantu language spoken in Cameroon

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Not to be confused with Limba language.

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.

Limba
Malimba
Native toCameroon
EthnicityLimba
Native speakers
2,200 (2001)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mzd
Glottologmali1280
A.27[2]

References

  1. ^ Limba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  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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