Back KiLuba AST Kiluba German KiLuba Spanish Katanganluba Finnish Luba-katanga French Lingua kiluba Italian ルバ・カタンガ語 Japanese Kiluba KG 뤼바어 Korean Kiluba Lingala
| Kiluba | |
|---|---|
| Luba-Katanga | |
| Kiluba | |
| Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Region | Katanga Province |
Native speakers | 3,101,000 (2024)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | lu |
| ISO 639-2 | lub |
| ISO 639-3 | lub |
| Glottolog | luba1250 |
L.33[2] | |
 Location of speakers:
Luba-Katanga | |
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 is spoken in the area around Kabongo, Kamina, Luena, Lubudi, Malemba Nkulu, Mulongo, Kabalo and Kaniama, mostly in Katanga. Kiluba is not and has never been mutually intelligible with Tshiluba. From linguistic analysis it can also be seen that neither was derived from the other due to linguistic and tonal compositions. The two groups of people have distinct historical origins according to their oral traditions and history.
Just like the vast majority of bantu languages, they both distinctly have bantu dialects to which they are closely related to and share historical ties with.
- ^ Kiluba at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ Batibo, Herman (January 2005). Language Decline and Death in Africa. Multilingual Matters. p. 74. ISBN 1-85359-808-9.
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