Lunda languages
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The Luda languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone L.50 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), the languages form a valid node. They are:
- LundaLunda languageLunda, also known as Chilunda, is a Bantu language spoken in Zambia, Angola and, to a lesser extent, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lunda and its dialects are spoken and understood by perhaps 2.6% of Zambians , and the language is used mainly in the northern part of that...
, Salampasu, RuundRuund languageRuund , or Northern Lunda, is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola....