# Luban languages

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{{Short description|Group of Bantu languages}}
{{Infobox language family
|name=Luban
|altname=Luba–Songye
|region=S DR-Congo, C Zambia
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=[Atlantic–Congo](/source/Atlantic%E2%80%93Congo_languages)
|fam3=[Volta-Congo](/source/Volta-Congo)
|fam4=[Benue–Congo](/source/Benue%E2%80%93Congo_languages)
|fam5=[Bantoid](/source/Bantoid)
|fam6=[Southern Bantoid](/source/Southern_Bantoid_languages)
|fam7=[Bantu](/source/Bantu_languages) ([Zone L](/source/Guthrie_classification_of_Bantu_languages))
|glotto=luba1253
|glottorefname=Luban
}}

The '''Luban languages''' are a group of [Bantu languages](/source/Bantu_languages) spoken by the [Luba people](/source/Luba_people) in the south of [DRC Congo](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo), established by Christine Ahmed (1995). They constitute half of [Guthrie's Zone L](/source/Guthrie_classification_of_Bantu_languages). The languages, or clusters, along with their Guthrie identifications, are:

* [Yazi](/source/Yazi_language) (L20)
*[Songe](/source/Songe_language) (Songye), [Binji](/source/Binji_language) (L20)
*'''Hemba''': [Hemba](/source/Hemba_language) (L20), [Kebwe](/source/Kebwe_language) (L30), [Bangubangu](/source/Bangubangu_language) of Kabambare (D20)
*'''Luba''' (L30): [Kaonde](/source/Kaonde_language) (L40), [Kete](/source/Kete_language) (L20), [Kanyok](/source/Kanyok_language), [Luba-Kasai](/source/Luba-Kasai_language) (TshiLuba), [Luba-Katanga](/source/Luba-Katanga_language) (KiLuba)–[Sanga](/source/Sanga_language_(Bantu))–[Zela](/source/Zela_language), [Bangubangu](/source/Bangubangu_language) (of Mutingua only, D20)

The remaining L20 (Songe) languages, [Lwalu](/source/Lwalu_language), [Luna](/source/Luna_language)<!--L.24-->, and [Budya](/source/Budya_language), presumably belong here.<ref name=Nurse>Nurse & Phillipson 2003</ref>

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

{{Narrow Bantu languages}}
Category:Luban languages

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