Tembo (Kitembo) language

Not to be confused with Litembo language.

Tembo
Kitembo
Native to	Democratic Republic of Congo
Region	Kivu
Native speakers	(150,000 cited 1994)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu Shi–Havu Tembo
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tbt
Glottolog	temb1270
Guthrie code	JD.531[2]

Tembo is a Bantu language spoken by people in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, particularly in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri.

Writing System

Tembo alphabet^[3]

a

aa

b

ch

e

ee

f

h

i

ii

k

l

m

mb

mv

n

nd

ng

nj

ny

nz

o

oo

p

r

s

sh

t

u

uu

w

y

References

1. Tembo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
3. PTBALT 2007. sfn error: no target: CITEREFPTBALT2007 (help)