Ciluba
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| Nkásá óyo ezalí lingála tɛ́, ekokí áwa tɛ́! | Cette article n'est pas en lingala et peut être supprimé. | This article is not in Lingala and may be deleted. |
| Ciluba | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in: | Republiki ya Kongo Demokratiki |
| Region: | Kasaï-Occidental, Kasaï-Oriental |
| Total speakers: | 6.3 million (1991) |
| Ranking: | See [1] Not in top 100 |
| Genetic classification: |
Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo |
| Official status | |
| Lokóta ya Leta: | - |
| Nkótá ya Ekólo: | Republiki ya Kongo Demokratiki |
| Regulated by: | - |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639-2 | lua |
| SIL | LUB |
| Carte | |
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Ciluba ezali lokótá na bato na Kasaï na Kɔ́ngɔ-demokratiki.
Etápe |
[kobalola] Classification
Tshiluba belongs to the Bantu branch of the Niger-Congo languages.
[kobalola] Geographic distribution
Tshiluba is spoken by about 6.3 million people in the Kasaï Occidental and Kasaï Oriental provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
[kobalola] Dialects
There are significant dialect differences between the East Kasai Region (Baluba people) and the West Kasai Region (Bena Lulua people).
[kobalola] Vocabulary
The Bantu word identified in June 2004 by Today's Translations, a British translation company, as the most untranslatable in the world: ilunga, in the Tshiluba tongue, means "a person ready to forgive any abuse the first time, to tolerate it a second time, but never a third time". However, it is more likely to be a personal name rather than a difficult word.
[kobalola] Sources
- MacIntyre, Ben. Why do Koreans say 'a biscuit would be nice' instead of 'I want a biscuit'?, The Times, August 21, 2004.
[kobalola] Mankasa olibanda Wikipedia
- Dictionnaire Cilubà - Français
- (fr) Centre de Recherche pour l'Instrumentalisation du Ciluba
- (en) Ethnologue report on Tshiluba
- (en) BBC News: Congo word "most untranslatable"
Lokasa óyo etalí lokótá ya Nizer-Kongo ezalí ndámbo. Okoka kosálisa mpé kobalusa.
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