Kuba language
| Kuba | |
|---|---|
| Likuba | |
| Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Native speakers | 30,000 (2000)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kxx |
| Glottolog | liku1242 |
C.27[2] | |
Kuba (Likuba, Kyba) is a Bantu language of Kasai, Democratic Republic of Congo.
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),[3] it belongs with the Bangi–Ntomba group, C.30.
References
[edit]- ^ Kuba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ Nurse, Derek; Philippson, Gérard, eds. (2003). The Bantu languages. London: Routledge. ISBN 9780700711345.
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