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Amba (also spelled Bulebule Hamba Humu Kihumu Ku-Amba Kuamba Lubulebule Lwamba Ruwenzori Kibira and Rwamba) is a language spoken in parts of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo by the Amba people. The Amba people call it Kwamba and it is known as Kihumu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Amba has a 70% lexical similarity with Bera. Dialects include Kyanzi (Kihyanzi) and Suwa (Kusuwa).There was once an Amba pidgin called Vamba now extinct.

ISO 639-3 code
none, rwm
family
Bantu languages, Benue–Congo languages, Bantoid languages, Atlantic–Congo languages
spoken in
Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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