Since ubuntu is a Bantu term translating roughly to "humanity", and since Bantu grammar involves prefixes to form noun classes, it turns out that the prefix ku- having the meaning "towards" in Bemba, kubuntu is also a meaningful Bemba word or phrase translating to "towards humanity".
Senga is an erstwhile 'dialect' of Tumbuka that is actually a distinct language, more closely related to Bemba than to Tumbuka (Christine Ahmed 1995).
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Applicative constructions are found in various languages, particularly in highly agglutinative languages, such as Bella Coola (Nuxálk), Ubykh, Ainu and Bemba.
The Chilunda-speaking Kanongesha-Lunda people are the largest ethnic group, and are related to the Chibemba-speaking Kazembe-Lunda of Luapula Province.