The Luban languages are a group of
Bantu languages
The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu people of Central, Southern, Eastern africa and Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages.
T ...
spoken by the
Lubas in the south of
DRC Congo, established by Christine Ahmed (1995). They constitute half of
Guthrie's Zone L. The languages, or clusters, along with their Guthrie identifications, are:
*
Yazi
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(L20)
*
Songe
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(Songye),
Binji
Binji is a Local Government Area
A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrat ...
(L20)
*Hemba:
Hemba
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History
The Hemba language belongs to a group of related languages spoken by people in a belt that runs from southern Kasai to nort ...
(L20),
Kebwe (L30),
Bangubangu of Kabambare (D20)
*Luba (L30):
Kaonde
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(L40),
Kete
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(L20),
Kanyok,
Luba-Kasai (TshiLuba),
Luba-Katanga
Luba-Katanga, also known as Luba-Shaba and ''Kiluba'' ( lu, 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.
Kiluba is spoken in ...
(KiLuba)–
Sanga
Sanga may refer to:
People
*Sanga, a Roman cognomen
*Rana Sanga (c. 1482–1528), king from the Sisodia dynasty
*Kumar Sangakkara (born 1977), Sri Lankan cricketer
* Sanga (wrestler) (born 1984), ring name of professional wrestler Saurav Gurja ...
–
Zela,
Bangubangu (of Mutingua, D20)
The remaining L20 (Songe) languages,
Lwalu,
Luna, and
Budya, presumably belong here.
[Nurse & Phillipson 2003]
Notes
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