Limba, East

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A language of Guinea

ISO 639-3
lma
Alternate Names
Yimba, Yumba
User Population

4,000 in Guinea (Johnstone 1993). 2,000 speakers of the Ke subdialect of Northern Limba (1991 J. Kaiser). Total users in all countries: 4,800.

Location

Mamou region: Mamou prefecture, Oure-Kaba subprefecture, on Sierra Leone border.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Atlantic, Southern, Limba
Dialects

Northern Limba (Ke-Woya-Yaka, Warawara).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Limba, East
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Quite different from West-Central Limba [lia] of Sierra Leone. Traditional religion, Muslim.

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