Lala-Bisa language

{{Short description|Bantu language spoken in Zambia and DRC}} {{distinguish|Lala language (South Africa)|Bissa language}} {{Infobox language |name=Lala-Bisa |nativename=Biza-Lala |states= [[Zambia]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] |region=[[Central Province, Zambia|Central Province]], [[Northern Province, Zambia|Northern Province]] |ethnicity=[[Lala people|Lala]] |speakers={{sigfig|353,000|2}} in Zambia |date=2010 |ref=e18 |speakers2=unknown but smaller number in DRC |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]] |fam3=[[Benue–Congo languages|Benue–Congo]] |fam4=[[Bantoid languages|Bantoid]] |fam5=[[Bantu languages|Bantu]] |fam6=[[Sabi languages|Sabi]] |fam7=South |dia1=Ambo (Mbo) |dia2=Luano |dia3=Swaka |dia4=Bisa (''Ichibisa'', Wiza) |dia5=Lala (''Ichilala'') |iso3=leb |glotto=lala1264 |glottorefname=Lala-Bisa |guthrie=M.51–53,521–522 }}

'''Lala-Bisa''' is a [[Bantu language]] of [[Zambia]] that is closely related to [[Bemba language|Bemba]].

Swaka dialect is divergent, and sometimes classified as a separate language (Nurse 2003). Maho (2009) lists Biisa (Wisa), Lala, Ambo, Luano, and Swaka as distinct languages, with Ambo and Luano closest to Lala.

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{{Languages of Zambia}} {{Narrow Bantu languages (Zones J–M)}} [[Category:Languages of Zambia]] [[Category:Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]] [[Category:Sabi languages]]