Lunda language

Spoken in

  • Niger - Congo languages Benue - Congo languages Bantoide languages Bantu languages Chilunda

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Chilunda or Lunda is a Bantu language and is spoken by the people of the Lunda in Zambia, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, ie in the area of the upper reaches of the Zambezi.

Chilunda is official language of instruction in primary schools in the Lunda areas in Zambia. In Zambia, there are also newspapers and radio broadcasts in Lunda. The Bible was translated in 1962 and Ruund Bemba, Lunda with two closely related languages ​​.

Yauma derived from Chilunda.

Language family Lunda people Bemba language Yauma dialect
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