Hema is a Bantu language and one of three languages spoken by the Hema people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Hema | |
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Oruhema | |
Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Ethnicity | Hema |
Native speakers | 130,000 (2000)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nix |
Glottolog | hema1238 |
JE.121 [2] |
Hema | |
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Person | Muhima, Muhema |
People | Bahema |
Language | Oruhema |
Hema is sometimes called Southern Hema in contrast to the unrelated language Lendu, also known as Northern Hema.
The ethnically Hema dialect of Nyankore, called Hima, is related but distinct.