The ASJP Database - Wordlist Luvale

Wordlist Luvale

Compiled by Ann-Katrin Wett

No.	Meaning	Concepticon	Word	Loan

Glottocode: luva1239
ISO 639-3: lue

Coordinates WGS84

12°S, 22°E
-12.00, 22.00

number of speakers	475,000
status	alive

Classification

WALS: NC > Bantu
Glottolog: Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southernbantoid > Narrowbantu > Central Westernbantu > Njila > Southernnjila > Chokwe Lunda > Chokwe Ngangela Nyemba(k.20) > Chokwe Lwena
Ethnologue: Niger Congo > Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southern > Narrowbantu > Central > K > Ciokwe Luchazi(k.14)

Sources

Lisimba 1982: A Luyana dialectology. Madison University: Dissertation. Published 2005. Ann Arbor: UMI.