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 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

^ 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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