[1]Zemba ko Dhimba yare ne na Bantu da ake magana da shi galibi a Angola inda yaren yana da kusan masu magana da 18,000, kuma a Namibia tare da wasu 7,000. Yana da alaƙa da Herero, kuma galibi ana ɗaukarsa yaren wannan yaren, musamman kamar yadda Zemba ke da kabilanci na Herero.

Zemba
Dhimba
'Yan asalin ƙasar  Angola da Namibia
Ƙabilar Herero, Tjimba
Masu magana da asali
Angola: 18,000 (2011) [1]: 7,000 (2016)  
Lambobin harshe
ISO 639-3 dhm
Glottolog zemb1238
R.311[2]
ELP Himba

Akwai nau'o'i daban-daban da furcin sunan: Zimba, Dhimba, Tjimba, Chimba, da dai sauransu. Koyaya, lokacin da aka rubuta Tjimba ko Chimba a Turanci, gabaɗaya yana nufin Mutanen Tjimba ne, waɗanda ba masu farauta-masu tattarawa ba waɗanda ke magana da Zemba. Ya kamata a rarrabe rubutun Himba daga Mutanen Himba da yarensu na Herero

Ethnologue raba Zemba a matsayin yare daban daga Himba (Otjihimba, Ovahimba), wanda aka rarraba a matsayin yaren Herero daidai. [2] (2009), duk da haka, ya kafa yaren Arewa maso Yammacin Herero, wanda ya haɗa da Zemba; daga taswirar, zai bayyana ya haɗa da Himba da Hakaona.

Manazarta gyara sashe

  1. 1.0 1.1 Zemba at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)  
  2. 2.0 2.1 Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online