Language code: lua
Technical information about ISO 639 language code lua
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The table below provides technical details for the Luba-Lulua language, designated by the lua code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Luba-Lulua |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Eastern Tshiluba (Luba-Lubilanji)Western Tshiluba (Luba-Lulua) |
| Related languages | Luba-Katanga (Kiluba)KaondeKanyokBemba |
| Key facts | Belongs to the Luba branch of the Bantu familyWritten with a Latin-based orthography standardized by Catholic missionaries in the 1920sHas a noun-class system of roughly 18 classes that governs agreement throughout the clauseUses two level tones (high and low) to mark both lexical and grammatical contrastsVerbal morphology encodes subject, object, tense, aspect and mood within a single verb word |
| Sample phrase | Moyo, udi bwene? |
| Character encodings | |
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The Luba-Lulua language, identified by the code lua, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
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