Kuba language

Not to be confused with Bushong language.

Kuba
Likuba
Native to	Republic of the Congo
Native speakers	53,000 (2018) [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]

Kuba (Likuba, Kyba) is a Bantu language spoken on the right bank of the Congo River in the 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

1. Kuba at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
3. Nurse, Derek; Philippson, Gérard, eds. (2003). The Bantu languages. London: Routledge. ISBN   9780700711345.