Amba language (Bantu)

Not to be confused with Amba language (Solomon Islands) or Ambo language.

Amba
Kwamba
Native to	Uganda, DR Congo
Native speakers	40,000 (2002)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone D.20–30) Boan Bomokandian Biran Amba
Language codes
ISO 639-3	rwm
Glottolog	amba1263
Guthrie code	D.22

Vamba
Native to	DR Congo
Region	Ruwenzories–Kivu
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Amba-based pidgin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None
Guthrie code	D.20B

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.

External links

• Resources in and about the Amba language