Kuba language
Language
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Kuba (Likuba, Kyba) is a Bantu language spoken on the right bank of the Congo River in the Republic of Congo.
NativetoRepublic of the Congo
Native speakers
53,000 (2018)[1]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
- Bangi–Moi
- Bangi–Ntomba (C.30,
- Bantu (Zone C)
- Southern Bantoid
- Bantoid
- Benue–Congo
- Volta-Congo
| Kuba | |
|---|---|
| Likuba | |
| Native to | Republic of the Congo |
Native speakers | 53,000 (2018)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kxx |
| Glottolog | liku1242 |
C.27[2] | |
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.
