CiLuba
WALS coordinates: 6° S, 22° E
spoken in Democratic Republic of Congo
Alternative Names
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Features
| Feature | Value | References | |
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| Phonology | |||
| Consonant Inventories | Average | ||
| Vowel Quality Inventories | Average (5-6) | ||
| Consonant-Vowel Ratio | Average | ||
| Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives | In both plosives and fricatives | ||
| Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems | Missing /g/ | ||
| Uvular Consonants | None | ||
| Glottalized Consonants | No glottalized consonants | ||
| Lateral Consonants | /l/, no obstruent laterals | ||
| Front Rounded Vowels | None | ||
| Syllable Structure | Moderately complex | ||
| Tone | Simple tone system | ||
| Absence of Common Consonants | All present | ||
| Presence of Uncommon Consonants | None | ||
| Nominal Syntax | |||
| Noun Phrase Conjunction | 'And' identical to 'with' | ||
| Simple Clauses | |||
| Predicative Possession | Conjunctional | ||
| Predicative Adjectives | Mixed | ||
| Nominal and Locational Predication | Identical | ||
| Zero Copula for Predicate Nominals | Possible | ||
