{{Short description|Bantu language spoken in the Republic of Congo}} {{distinguish|Bembe language (Ibembe)|Bemba language}} {{Infobox language |name=Bembe |nativename=''Kibembe'' / ''Kibeembe'' |states=Republic of Congo |speakers=Bembe: {{sigfig|100,000|2}}<br />Kambba: {{sigfig|1,500|2}}<br />Doondo: {{sigfig|30,000|2}} |date=2007 census |ref=<ref name="Ethnologue">{{cite web |title=Bembe |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/beq |publisher=Ethnologue |year=2007}}</ref> |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=Atlantic–Congo |fam3=Benue–Congo |fam4=Southern Bantoid |fam5=Bantu (Zone H.10) |fam6=Kongo |dia1=Beembe |dia2=Kamba-Doondo |dia3=Hangala (Ghaangala) |lc1=beq|ld1=Bembe |lc2=xku|ld2=Kamba |lc3=dde|ld3=Doondo |guthrie=H.11,111,112 |glotto=beem1239 |glottoname=Beembe |glotto2=kaam1238 |glottoname2=Kaamba |glotto3=doon1238 |glottoname3=Doondo }}
'''Bembe''' (''Kibembe'' or ''Kibeembe'') is a Bantu language spoken primarily in the Republic of Congo. It is closely related to Kikongo and forms part of the Kongo language cluster.
It should not be confused with the Bembe language (Ibembe) spoken in Congo-Kinshasa and Tanzania.
Maho (2009) considers Beembe, Kamba-Doondo, and Gangala (or Hangala, Gaangala, Haangala) to be distinct languages.
==Phonology== The language exhibits typical Bantu phonology, including a system of noun classes and verb conjugations. (Further details can be added as linguistic research becomes available.)
==Grammar== Bembe follows the noun class system characteristic of Bantu languages. Verbs are marked for tense, aspect, and subject agreement.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160604073549/http://www.ncl.ac.uk/linguistics/assets/documents/TheNounPhraseinKiBembeD54.pdf The Noun Phrase in Kibembe (D54)] * [https://kibembe.com Official website for Kibembe language resources]
{{Narrow Bantu languages (Zones E–H)}} {{Authority control}} Category:Kongo language {{Bantu-lang-stub}}