Language code: lu

Technical information about ISO 639 language code lu

The table below provides technical details for the Luba-Katanga language, designated by the lu code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

lu

Name

Official

Luba-Katanga

Native

Kiluba

Family
Bantu
Scripts
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Plural rules

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Luba-Katanga belongs to the Niger-Congo language family, specifically to the Bantu subgroup. It is primarily spoken in parts of the Haut-Katanga and Lualaba provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and uses the Latin script. It is estimated that there are more than 1.5 million speakers worldwide.

Language presence globally

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Luba-Katanga speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

Related locale codes

lu-CD Luba-Katanga (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

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