Kuba language

Kuba
Kuba
Likuba
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Native speakers	30,000 (2000)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone C) Bangi–Ntomba (C.30,; traditionally C.20 Mboshi) Bangi–Moi Kuba; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kxx
Glottolog	liku1242
Guthrie code	C.27

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

^ 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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[e18-1] Kuba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Guthrie-2] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[3] Nurse, Derek; Philippson, Gérard, eds. (2003). The Bantu languages. London: Routledge. ISBN 9780700711345.

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Kuba
Likuba
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Native speakers	30,000 (2000)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone C) Bangi–Ntomba (C.30, traditionally C.20 Mboshi) Bangi–Moi Kuba
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`kxx`
Glottolog	`liku1242`
Guthrie code	`C.27`^[2]