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:
Yazi (L20)
Songe (Songye), Binji (L20)
Hemba: Hemba (L20), Kebwe (L30), Bangubangu of Kabambare (D20)
Luba (L30): Kaonde (L40), Kete (L20), Kanyok, Luba-Kasai (TshiLuba), Luba-Katanga (KiLuba)–Sanga–Zela, Bangubangu (of Mutingua, D20)
The remaining L20 (Songe) languages, Lwalu, Luna, and Budya, presumably belong here.[1]
The Lubanlanguages are a group of Bantu languages spoken by the Luba people in the south of DRC Congo, established by Christine Ahmed (1995). They constitute...
language of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Assigned by Guthrie to a group called Songe (L.20), it is presumably one of the Lubanlanguages...
Budya is a minor Bantu language. It is listed among Lubanlanguages in Maho (2009). Shona (Korekore) has a dialect of the same name (Budya/Budjga) in Zimbabwe...
their language kiiKaonde. Speakers of other Bantu languages use the prefix "chi" other than "kii" to refer to this language. Like other Bantu languages, Kaonde...
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Nkoya is a Bantu language of Zambia. It may be one of the Luba languages, and is at least Luban. Maho (2009) considers the various varieties—Mbwera, Kolwe...
Bantu language of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Maho (2009) states that it is close to Songe, which is otherwise isolated within the Luban languages...
known as Songye, Kisonge, Lusonge, Yembe, and Northeast Luba, is a Bantu language spoken by the Songye people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ethnologue...
Hemba (Emba), also known as Eastern Luba, is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is spoken by the Hemba people. Yazi may be a...
Kebwe (Mikebwe) is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was related to Hemba by Ahmed (1995).[full citation needed] Jouni Filip...
distinct languages. Christine Ahmed (1995) classifies the small "Bangubangu of Mutingua" apart from the rest, with the Luba rather than Hemba languages; this...
Kete is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kete at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New...
Zela is a minor Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is closely related to Luba-Katanga. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie...
Kanyok (Kanioka) is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kanyok at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Jouni Filip...
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of Görlitz (Zhorjelc) and Zgorzelec, Bautzen (Budyšin), Zittau (Žitawa), Lubań, Kamenz (Kamjenc), and Löbau (Lubij)), as well as Żary, the German/Polish...
Nurse (2003), following Ahmed (1995), assigns all of Guthrie's L.20 languages to Luban, including Lwalu. Maho (2009) lists L.22 Mbagani (which has no ISO...
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suffix -laal because it causes an impermissible consonant cluster, e.g. luban (lion in English) cannot turn into *lubanlaal (lions). Moreover, the suffix...
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