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The Bemba language ChiBemba (also Cibemba Ichibemba Icibemba and Chiwemba) is a major Bantu language spoken primarily in north-eastern Zambia by the Bemba people and as a lingua franca by about 18 related ethnic groups including the Bisa people of Mpika and Lake Bangweulu and to a lesser extent in Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Tanzania and Botswana. Including all its dialects Bemba is the most spoken indigenous language in Zambia.