Native speakers 30,000 (2000) Glottolog liku1242 | ISO 639-3 kxx Guthrie code C.27 | |
Language family Niger–CongoAtlantic–CongoBenue–CongoBantoidBantu (Zone C)Bangi–Ntomba (C.30,traditionally C.20 Mboshi)Bangi–MoiKuba | ||
Kuba (Likuba, Kyba) is a Bantu language of Kasai, Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Ethnologue reports that it is mutually intelligible with Kwala, in the C.20 group where it was classified by Guthrie 1948. However, Nurse & Philippson (2003), it belongs with the Bangi–Ntomba group, C.30.
References
Kuba language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA