Tshiluba

Note: Tshiluba is a Bantu language spoken in south-eastern Congo, and Zaire).

Archive 2004-06-01 2004

How do you say “Born to be wild” in Tagalog, French, Lingala, Tshiluba, and Swahili?

EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - That is one pimped out ride! 2008

Languages: French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba

Democratic Republic of the Congo 2009

Congo, Democratic Republic of theFrench (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba

Languages 2008

Congo, Democratic Republic of thedefinition: age 15 and over can read and write French, Lingala, Kingwana, or Tshiluba total population: 65.5% male: 76.2% female: 55.1% (2003 est.)

Literacy 2008

Languages: French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba

Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2008

He especially enjoys French, which he has just started learning; he already can read and write in his native Tshiluba language.

Gems in a Graveyard 2007

Ilunga (Tshiluba) a person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time, to tolerate it a second time, but never a third time

Reflective Surface - Archives: 2004 June 2004

Ilunga (Tshiluba) a person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time, to tolerate it a second time, but never a third time

Reflective Surface - Untranslatable words 2004

Faithful correspondent Andrew Krug sent me a link to a BBC story by Oliver Conway claiming that:The world's most difficult word to translate has been identified as "ilunga" from the Tshiluba language spoken in south-eastern DR Congo.

languagehat.com: THE MOST UNTRANSLATABLE WORD. 2004