It is not closely related to other languages and appears to form its own branch of the Niger–Congo family.
[3] Dialects include Tonko, Sela, Kamuke (or Ke), Wara-wara, Keleng, Biriwa, and Safroko.
Ethnologue lists the following two varieties of Limba, spoken in Guinea and Sierra Leone.
Roughly, the following classes can be deduced from the examples given by Mary Lane Clarke:[5] A.
Person class Definite article (follows the noun): wo; pronoun ("he, she, it" as subject): wunde, wun B.