Talk:Kituba language

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The ISO-639-3 code does not represent the situation of the text.. According to Ethnologue there are two Kitubas both the codes are current.. GerardM 10:51, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
 * In effect there are 2 ISO-639-3 codes for Kituba - one Congo, one DRC - which are treated here the same (and Ethnologue says are close). The "macrolanguage mapping" of the -1/-2 codes kg/kon (Kongo) does not cover Kituba; in some ways it would be helpful to have such a category covering the 2 Kitubas but that's not something we can solve here.--A12n 03:40, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Tonal?
The use of tones, or lack thereof, should be mentioned in the article. Badagnani 08:33, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Relationship with Lingala
The relationship (and similarities/differences in origin and use) with Lingala should be developed further. Badagnani 08:33, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Ki-
It might be "Tuba language"? I suppose "ki-" is a suffix. --219.173.119.57 13:25, 5 September 2007 (UTC)


 * We lived for many years in the Kituba-speaking Bandundu Province of DR Congo and learned the Kituba language fluently. Ki is a prefix, yes, but an essential one.  The language is never spoken of as Tuba, but always as Kituba.  Ki is the commonly used prefix to denote the fact that it is a language.  Its removal would make the word unintelligible.  ~musoniki2~  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.2.70.173 (talk) 13:57, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Pronunciation
In the "phonology" section of the article, IPA pronunciation is not used - leaving much of it unclear due to the various dialects of English, where the vowels in the words used as examples are pronounced differently amongst English speakers. For example, what does "/i/ is pronounced like the "i" in ski or ring" even mean? The vowel sounds in "ski" and "ring" are different vowel sounds - namely, [i] and [ɪ]. 64.250.228.220 (talk) 00:47, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Bible translations
2005 was by no means the first translation of the New Testament. We worked in the Bandundu Province from 1981 to 2006. When we were there, there were already two translations of the New Testament available--an older one modeled on the King James Version called "Luwawana ya Mpa" and a newer, more modern translation called "Kuwakana ya Mpa", both meaning "New Agreement or New Testament." The complete Bible became available in 1990 and is simply called "Bible." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Musoniki (talk • contribs) 19:40, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

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update speaker numbers?
is there anyone with access to Ethnologue who wants to update the speaker numbers? 90.167.94.143 (talk) 23:57, 22 May 2024 (UTC)