Zimba language

{{Short description|Bantu language spoken in DR Congo}}

{{distinguish|Zemba language{{!}}Dhimba (Zimba) language}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Zimba

|nativename=South Binja

|states=DR Congo

|region=

|speakers=120,000

|date=1994 census

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu (Zone D.20)

|fam6=Lega–Binja

|dia1=Kwange

|dia2=Mamba

|iso3=zmb

|glotto=zimb1251

|glottorefname=Zimba

|guthrie=D.26

}}

Zimba is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, spoken in a band of country south of the Elila River.Bryan, Margaret Arminel (Compiler), The Bantu Languages of Africa, Oxford University Press 1959. It is not closely related to other languages, unless the divergent dialects Kwange and Mamba (Kyenyemamba) are considered separate languages.