Tshiluba

E54338

Bantu language Niger-Congo language natural language

Tshiluba is a Bantu language widely spoken in south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo, particularly in the Kasai region.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Tshiluba canonical	15
Eastern Tshiluba	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bantu language ⓘ Niger-Congo language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
alternativeName	Ciluba ⓘ Luba-Kasai ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Luba-Kasai ⓘ surface form: Luba-Katanga (Kiluba) other Luba languages ⓘ
country	Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Luba-Kasai people ⓘ
GuthrieCode	L31 ⓘ
hasDialects	Tshiluba self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Eastern Tshiluba Luba languages ⓘ surface form: Western Tshiluba urban varieties influenced by Lingala and French ⓘ
hasDomain	local print media in Kasai ⓘ oral literature and storytelling in Kasai ⓘ religious communication in Kasai churches ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature	agglutinative morphology ⓘ subject-verb-object basic word order ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	noun class system typical of Bantu languages ⓘ tone distinctions ⓘ
influencedBy	French ⓘ Lingala ⓘ
ISO639-1Code	none ⓘ
ISO639-2Code	lua ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	lua ⓘ
languageBranch	Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Atlantic-Congo languages Bantoid languages ⓘ Benue–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Benue-Congo languages
languageFamily	Bantu languages ⓘ surface form: Bantu
neighboringLanguage	Kikongo ⓘ Lingala ⓘ Swahili language ⓘ surface form: Swahili (Congo Swahili)
primaryRegion	Kasai region ⓘ Kasai region ⓘ surface form: Kasai-Occidental Province Kasai region ⓘ surface form: Kasai-Oriental Province south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
spokenIn	rural areas of Kasai region ⓘ urban areas of Kasai region ⓘ
status	major regional language in Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
subfamily	Luba languages ⓘ
subgroup	Zone L (Guthrie classification) ⓘ
usedAs	lingua franca in Kasai region ⓘ
usedBy	millions of speakers in Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
usedIn	local administration in parts of Kasai ⓘ primary education in some schools in Kasai ⓘ radio broadcasting in Kasai ⓘ regional trade in Kasai ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Democratic Republic of the Congo → recognizedNationalLanguage → Tshiluba ⓘ

Salonga National Park → languageOfLocalCommunities → Tshiluba ⓘ

Kikongo → neighboringLanguages → Tshiluba ⓘ

Tshiluba → hasDialects → Tshiluba self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Tshiluba

Central Bantu → hasMajorLanguage → Tshiluba ⓘ

Luba-Kasai → alternativeName → Tshiluba ⓘ

Zone L (Guthrie classification) → hasCentralLanguage → Tshiluba ⓘ

Zone L (Guthrie classification) → containsLanguage → Tshiluba ⓘ

south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo → associatedLanguage → Tshiluba ⓘ

south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo → majorLanguageSpoken → Tshiluba ⓘ

south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo → dominantBantuLanguage → Tshiluba ⓘ

Luba-Kasai people → language → Tshiluba ⓘ

Forces Armées Zaïroises → usedLanguage → Tshiluba ⓘ

Muanda Territory → hasNationalLanguage → Tshiluba ⓘ

Ciluba → alsoKnownAs → Tshiluba ⓘ

Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo → officialLanguage → Tshiluba ⓘ

subject surface form: Democratic Republic of the Congo