Tembo | Ethnologue

A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639: tbt
Alternate Names: ChiTembo, Kitembo
Autonym: Chitembo
Population: 150,000 (1994 SIL).
Location:: Nord-Kivu and Sud-Kivu provinces: Kalehe territory.
Language Status: 5* (Developing).
Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, J, Shi-Hunde (D.531)
Dialects: Tembo (Kitembo), Rhinyihinyi. No major dialect differences. Lexical similarity: 75% with Hunde [hke], 70% with Shi [shr], 55% with Nande [nnb], 50% with Nyanga [nyj], 45% with Lega Shabunda [lea].
Language Development: NT: 2017.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Tembo
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Different from Tembo [tmv] in Ngombe group and Tembo [mwn] (Tambo) in Nyika-Safwa group.

Location: Nord-Kivu and Sud-Kivu provinces: Kalehe territory.