Limba, West-Central | Ethnologue

A language of Sierra Leone

ISO 639: lia
Alternate Names: Yimba, Yumba
Autonym: Hulimba ha
Population: 516,000 (2019).
Location:: Northern province: east Bombali and northeast Kambia districts, Little Scarcies river area; north of Makeni.
Language Status: 2 (Provincial). Statutory provincial working language in Northern province (2004, Local Government Act, Article 16(1)), may be used in local council deliberations.
Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Atlantic, Southern, Limba
Dialects: Western Limba (Sela, Tonko), Central Limba (Gbongogbo, Tamiso).
Language Development: NT: 1966–2011.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Limba, West-Central
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Quite different from East Limba [lma] of Sierra Leone and Guinea. Traditional religion, Muslim.

Location: Northern province: east Bombali and northeast Kambia districts, Little Scarcies river area; north of Makeni.