Limba (language, Sierra Leone)

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Limba (Yimba)

Spoken in

Sierra Leone , Guinea
speaker > 380,000 (2015)
Linguistic
classification

Niger Congo

Language codes
ISO 639-3

lia (west-central)

Limba is a West Atlantic language in Sierra Leone spoken by the people of the same name . It is used as the main language by around 380,000 people (as of 2015).

The eastern variety, which is mainly spoken in Guinea , differs relatively strongly from the western-central variety.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Sierra Leone 2015 Population and Housing Census national analytical report. Statistics Sierra Leone, October 2017, p. 89ff.