Luban languages explained

Luban
Also Known As:Luba–Songye
Region:S DR-Congo, C Zambia
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Volta-Congo
Fam4:Benue–Congo
Fam5:Bantoid
Fam6:Southern Bantoid
Fam7:Bantu (Zone L)
Glotto:luba1253
Glottorefname:Luban

The Luban languages are a group of Bantu languages spoken by the Luba people 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:

The remaining L20 (Songe) languages, Lwalu, Luna, and Budya, presumably belong here.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Nurse & Phillipson 2003