| Lunda | |
|---|---|
| Chilunda | |
| Native to | Zambia,Angola,Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Ethnicity | Lunda people |
Native speakers | 600,000 in Zambia and Angola 800.000 (2001–2023)[1] 1.1 million in Congo |
| Latin (Lunda alphabet) Lunda Braille | |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | lun |
| ISO 639-3 | lun |
| Glottolog | lund1266 |
L.52[2] | |
Lunda, also known asChilunda, is aBantu language spoken inZambia,Angola, and, to a lesser extent, in theDemocratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Lunda and its dialects are spoken and understood by perhaps 8.6% of Zambians (1986 estimate), and the language is used mainly in theNorthwestern province of Zambia. The majority of the Lunda can be found in DRC, especiallyKatanga Province, as well as in Angola. A small number of Lunda dialects are represented inNamibia.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iiː | uuː | |
| Mid | eeː | ooː | |
| Open | aaː |
Vowel length is contrastive.
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t | tʃ | k | |
| voiced | b | d | dʒ | ɡ | ||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʃ | h | |
| voiced | v | z | ʒ | |||
| Approximant | w | l | j | |||
/w/ may also be heard as a bilabial glide[β̞].[3]
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