Editing Luba-Kasai language (section)

==Phonology==
Tshiluba has a 5 vowel system with vowel length:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+
!
![[Front vowel|Front]]
![[Central vowel|Central]]
![[Back vowel|Back]]
|-
![[Close vowel|Close]]
|i iː
|
|u uː
|-
![[Mid vowel|Mid]]
|e eː
|
|o oː
|-
![[Open vowel|Open]]
|
|a aː
|
|}
The chart shows the consonants of Tshiluba.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="2" |
![[Bilabial consonant|Bilabial]]
![[Labiodental consonant|Labio-<br>dental]]
![[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
![[Postalveolar consonant|Post-alv.]]/<br>[[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
![[Velar consonant|Velar]]
![[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
|-
! rowspan="4" |[[Stop consonant|Stop]]/<br>[[Affricate consonant|Affricate]]
!<small>voiceless</small>
|p
|
|t
|tʃ
|k
|
|-
![[Voice (phonetics)|<small>voiced</small>]]
|b
|
|d
|
|
|
|-
!<small>vl. [[Prenasalized consonant|prenasal]]</small>
|ᵐp
|
|ⁿt
|ⁿtʃ
|ᵑk
|
|-
!<small>vd. [[Prenasalized consonant|prenasal]]</small>
|ᵐb
|
|ⁿd
|
|
|
|-
! rowspan="4" |[[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
!<small>voiceless</small>
|(ɸ)
|f
|s
|ʃ
|
|h
|-
![[Voice (phonetics)|<small>voiced</small>]]
|
|v
|z
|ʒ
|
|
|-
!<small>vl. [[Prenasalized consonant|prenasal]]</small>
|
|ᶬf
|ⁿs
|ⁿʃ
|
|
|-
!<small>vd. [[Prenasalized consonant|prenasal]]</small>
|
|ᶬv
|ⁿz
|ⁿʒ
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |[[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
|m
|
|n
|ɲ
|ŋ
|
|-
! colspan="2" |[[Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
|
|
|l
|j
|w
|
|}

* /p/ may also have the sound [ɸ].
* If a /d/ is preceding an /i/, it may also be pronounced as an affricate sound [dʒ].