Luba-Kasai

E300901

Bantu language human language natural language

Luba-Kasai is a Bantu language spoken primarily in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the Luba people.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Luba-Kasai canonical	8
Luba-Lulua	3
Luba-Katanga	2
Eastern Luba-Kasai	1
Luba-Katanga (Kiluba)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bantu language ⓘ human language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
alternativeName	Ciluba ⓘ surface form: Cilubà Luba ⓘ surface form: Luba of Kasai Luba-Kasai ⓘ surface form: Luba-Lulua Tshiluba ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Luba-Katanga ⓘ Luba-Lulua language varieties ⓘ
country	Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
glottocode	luba1250 ⓘ
guthrieCode	L.31 ⓘ
hasBibleTranslation	yes ⓘ
hasDialects	Luba-Kasai self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Eastern Luba-Kasai Luba languages ⓘ surface form: Western Luba-Kasai
hasEthnologueEntry	yes ⓘ
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom	French ⓘ Lingala ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature	agglutinative morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	noun class system ⓘ tone ⓘ
iso639-1Code	lu ⓘ
iso639-2Code	lub ⓘ
languageBranch	Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Atlantic–Congo Bantoid ⓘ Benue–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Benue–Congo Niger–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Niger–Congo Southern Bantu ⓘ
languageFamily	Bantu languages ⓘ surface form: Bantu
languageGroup	Luban languages ⓘ
majorCityRegion	Kananga ⓘ Mbuji-Mayi ⓘ
nativeTo	Kasai region ⓘ
primaryStatusInDRC	national language ⓘ
region	Central Africa ⓘ
spokenBy	Luba-Kasai people ⓘ surface form: Luba people Luba-Kasai people ⓘ
spokenIn	Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ Kasai region ⓘ
subclassOf	Luba languages ⓘ surface form: Luba language
usedFor	cultural expression ⓘ daily communication ⓘ local trade ⓘ
usedIn	radio broadcasting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ religious services in Kasai region ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tshiluba → alternativeName → Luba-Kasai ⓘ

Tshiluba → closelyRelatedTo → Luba-Kasai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luba-Katanga (Kiluba)

Central Bantu → hasMajorLanguage → Luba-Kasai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luba-Katanga

Bantu H languages → hasNotableLanguage → Luba-Kasai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luba-Katanga

Luba-Kasai → hasDialects → Luba-Kasai self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Luba-Kasai

Luba-Kasai → alternativeName → Luba-Kasai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luba-Lulua

Zone L (Guthrie classification) → hasCentralLanguage → Luba-Kasai ⓘ

Zone L (Guthrie classification) → containsLanguage → Luba-Kasai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luba-Lulua

Zone L (Guthrie classification) → hasNotableLanguage → Luba-Kasai ⓘ

Ciluba → alsoKnownAs → Luba-Kasai ⓘ

Ciluba → glottologName → Luba-Kasai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luba-Lulua

Ciluba → hasEthnologueEntry → Luba-Kasai ⓘ