Tshiluba
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Tshiluba is a Bantu language widely spoken in south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo, particularly in the Kasai region.
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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
→
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 (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Eastern Tshiluba"