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Luba-Katanga, also known as Luba-Shaba and Kiluba (Luba-Katanga: Kiluba), is a Bantu language (Zone L) of Central Africa. It is spoken mostly in the south-east area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the Luba people.[3]

Kiluba
Luba-Katanga
Kiluba
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Region	Katanga Province
Native speakers	(1,505,000 cited 1991)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Luban Luba languages Kiluba
Language codes
ISO 639-1	lu
ISO 639-2	lub
ISO 639-3	lub
Glottolog	luba1250
Guthrie code	L.33[2]
Location of speakers:   Luba-Kasai   Luba-Katanga

Kiluba is spoken in the area around Kabongo, Kamina, Luena, Lubudi, Malemba Nkulu, Mulongo, Kabalo and Kaniama,mostly in Katanga. Some 500 years ago or more, the Luba Kasai left Katanga and settled in the Kasai; since then, Luba Kasai (Chiluba) has evolved until it is no longer mutually intelligible with Luba Katanga.

Luba-Katanga alphabet

Luba-Katanga has 22 letters, 5 vowels and 17 consonants.

Vowels: A E I O U

Consonants: B D F G H J K L M N P S T V W Y Z

Phonology

Vowels

A five vowel system with vowel length is present in Luba-Katanga:

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i iː		u uː
Mid	e eː		o oː
Open		a aː

Consonants

		Bilabial	Labio- dental	Alveolar	Post-alv./ Palatal	Velar
Nasal		m		n	ɲ	ŋ
Stop	voiceless	p		t		k
	voiced	b		d		ɡ
	vl. prenasal	ᵐp		ⁿt		ᵑk
	vd. prenasal	ᵐb		ⁿd		ᵑɡ
Fricative	voiceless	(ɸ)	f	s	ʃ
	voiced	(β)	v	z	ʒ
	vl. prenasal		ᶬf	ⁿs	ⁿʃ
	vd. prenasal		ᶬv	ⁿz	ⁿʒ
Approximant				l	j	w

• /p, b/ can have the allophones [ɸ, β] when in intervocalic positions or before a semivowel.[4]

Sample text

Sample text in Luba-Katanga Pādi palembwe amba mwingidi wa “Tattannu, muledi wa Bukila bwa Munonga” —ko kunena’mba i enka Tatenai utelelwe ne mu mukanda wa mu Bible wa Ezela.

References

• Samuel Phillips Verner (1899). Mukanda wa Chiluba. Spottiswoode. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

External links

• Mofeko (Tshiluba language) Largest online resource to learn Tshiluba
• Ethnologue report on Luba-Katanga

На других языках

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[de] Kiluba

Kiluba (auch: Luba-Katanga oder Luba-Shaba) ist eine im Südosten der Demokratischen Republik Kongo verbreitete Bantusprache mit ca. 3 Mio. Sprechern.

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- [en] Luba-Katanga language

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[fr] Luba-katanga

Le luba-katanga (en luba-kataga : kiluba), aussi appelé luba ou luba-shaba, est une langue bantoue, parlée principalement par les Luba[2] dans le sud-est de la République démocratique du Congo

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[it] Lingua kiluba

Il kiluba (anche detto luba o luba-Katanga) è una lingua bantu dell'Africa centrale.

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[ru] Луба-катанга

Луба-ката́нга (килуба, луба-шаба, центральный луба) — один из двух основных языков группы языков луба (языки банту). Распространён в провинции Катанга Демократической Республики Конго.

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