Limba language (Cameroon) explained

Limba language (Cameroon) should not be confused with Limba language.

Limba
Nativename:Malimba
States:Cameroon
Ethnicity:Limba
Date:2001
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Volta–Congo languages
Fam4:Benue–Congo
Fam5:Bantoid
Fam6:Southern Bantoid
Fam7:Bantu
Fam8:Zone A
Fam9:Sawabantu
Fam10:Duala–Limba
Iso3:mzd
Glotto:mali1280
Glottorefname:Malimba
Guthrie: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".[1] Most speak Duala as the local lingua franca.

Notes and References

  1. M. Lamberty - A rapid appraisal survey of Malimba in Cameroon