The Luban languages are a group of
Bantu languages
The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu language, Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀), or Ntu languages are a language family of about 600 languages of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern, East Africa, Eastern and Southeast Africa, South ...
spoken by the
Luba people
The Luba people or Baluba are a Bantu ethno-linguistic group indigenous to the south-central region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The majority of them live in this country, residing mainly in Katanga Province, Katanga, Kasai Province, ...
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 (L20)
*
Songe (Songye),
Binji (L20)
*Hemba:
Hemba (L20),
Kebwe (L30),
Bangubangu of Kabambare (D20)
*Luba (L30):
Kaonde (L40),
Kete (L20),
Kanyok
Kanyok (Kanioka) is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbour ...
,
Luba-Kasai (TshiLuba),
Luba-Katanga (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
Luna commonly refers to:
* Earth's Moon, named "Luna" in Latin, Spanish and other languages
* Luna (goddess)
In Sabine and ancient Roman religion and myth, Luna is the divine embodiment of the Moon (Latin ''Lūna'' ). She is often presented as t ...
, and
Budya, presumably belong here.
[Nurse & Phillipson 2003]
Notes
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