| Lunda | |
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| 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 milion in Congo |
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| Latin (Lunda alphabet) Lunda Braille | |
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Recognised minority | |
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| ISO 639-2 | lun |
| ISO 639-3 | lun |
| Glottolog | lund1266 |
L.52[2] | |
Lunda, also known as Chilunda, is a Bantu language spoken in Zambia, Angola, and, to a lesser extent, in the Democratic 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 the Northwestern province of Zambia. The majority of the Lunda can be found in DRC, especially Katanga Province, as well as in Angola. A small number of Lunda dialects are represented in Namibia.
| Front | Central | Back | |
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| Close | i iː | u uː | |
| Mid | e eː | o oː | |
| Open | a aː |
Vowel length is contrastive.
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
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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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