Language code: lu
Technical information about ISO 639 language code lu
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The table below provides technical details for the Luba-Katanga language, designated by the lu code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Luba-Katanga Native Kiluba |
| Family | Bantu |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | KabongoKaminaKatweLubudi–LubilanjiLualaba–Lufira RiverSanga |
| Related languages | Luba-Kasai (Tshiluba)BembaKaondeKanyok |
| Key facts | Also called Kiluba or Luba-ShabaShares more than 70 % of its core vocabulary with TshilubaTone language with two contrastive tones that change word meaningKeeps the typical Bantu system of about 18 noun-class agreement prefixesFirst grammars and dictionaries were produced by missionaries in the early 20th century |
| Sample phrase | Bubote, uli buti? |
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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
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*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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- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ