Ciluba

E308987
Bantu language Niger-Congo language natural language

Ciluba is a Bantu language spoken primarily in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, especially in the Kasai region.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Cilubà 2
Ciluba canonical 1
Eastern Ciluba 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
Niger-Congo language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Luba-Kasai ⓘ
Tshiluba ⓘ
belongsToGuthrieZone L.30 ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Luba languages ⓘ
surface form: Luba-Katanga language

Luba languages ⓘ
surface form: Luba-Lulua language
countryOfficialStatus recognized national language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
glottologCode luba1250 ⓘ
glottologName Luba-Kasai ⓘ
surface form: Luba-Lulua
hasAlternativeName Luba-Lulua (in some classifications) ⓘ
hasAlternativeSpelling Ciluba self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cilubà
hasBibleTranslation Ciluba Bible ⓘ
hasDialect Ciluba self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Ciluba

Ciluba self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Western Ciluba
hasEthnologueEntry Luba-Kasai ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology SVO basic word order ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ
hasNounClassCount over 10 grammatical noun classes ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature noun class system typical of Bantu languages ⓘ
tone language ⓘ
hasStandardization orthography based on Latin alphabet ⓘ
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Luba-Katanga ⓘ
ISO639-1Code lu ⓘ
ISO639-2Code lub ⓘ
isUsedAs regional lingua franca ⓘ
isUsedIn education in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
local administration in Kasai region ⓘ
religious services in Kasai region ⓘ
languageBranch Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic-Congo
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Niger-Congo
languageGroup Bantu languages ⓘ
surface form: Bantu
primaryRegion Kasai region ⓘ
Kasaï-Central Province ⓘ
surface form: Kasai-Occidental

Kasaï-Oriental Province ⓘ
surface form: Kasai-Oriental
regionOfOrigin south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
spokenInCountry Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
subfamilyOf Luba languages ⓘ
usedByEthnicGroup Luba-Kasai people ⓘ
surface form: Luba people of Kasai

Lulua people ⓘ
usedFor literature and religious texts ⓘ
print media in Kasai region ⓘ
radio broadcasting in Kasai region ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (5)

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

Tshiluba → alternativeName → Ciluba ⓘ
Luba-Kasai → alternativeName → Ciluba ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cilubà
Ciluba → hasDialect → Ciluba self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Ciluba
Ciluba → hasDialect → Ciluba self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Ciluba
Ciluba → hasAlternativeSpelling → Ciluba self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cilubà