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Limba
Malimba
Native to Cameroon
Ethnicity Limba
Native speakers
2,200 (2001) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mzd
Glottolog mali1280
A.27 [2]

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

  1. ^ Limba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ M. Lamberty - A rapid appraisal survey of Malimba in Cameroon