Kiluba

Kiluba
Spoken in	Democratic Republic of Congo
speaker	3 million
Linguistic ; classification	Niger Congo Languages Benue Congo languages Bantoid languages Bantu languages Kiluba ;
Official status
Official language in	-
Language codes
ISO 639 -1	lu
ISO 639 -2	lub
ISO 639-3	lub

Kiluba (also: Luba-Katanga or Luba-Shaba) is a Bantu language that is widespread in the southeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and has around 3 million speakers.

She is closely related to Tschiluba . Together with the languages Swahili , Lingála and Kikongo, it is one of the four national languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Since the middle of the 20th century, the Kiluba has found limited written use.

Kiluba is the language of the Luba people in the Katanga and Lomani region. Meanwhile, many other peoples of the Congo understand the language as well, as they live with the Luba on a daily basis.

Remarks

↑ The Congolese constitution combines Cilubà (ISO lua) and Kiluba (ISO lub) under the generic term Ciluba (ISO lu) and names it as one of the four national languages. In this context it is the second inaccuracy, next to the Kikongo (meaning Kituba ).

Individual evidence

[1] The Congolese constitution combines Cilubà (ISO lua) and Kiluba (ISO lub) under the generic term Ciluba (ISO lu) and names it as one of the four national languages. In this context it is the second inaccuracy, next to the Kikongo (meaning Kituba ).