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South Mbundu
Umbundu
Spoken in
Native speakers
4 million (1995)
Niger–Congo
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keyboard
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Benue–Congo
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Bantoid
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device database (Zone R)
- South Mbundu
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device database (Zone R)
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Bantoid
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Benue–Congo
Official status
Official language in
Angola
No official regulation
Language codes
South Mbundu, or Umbundu, (autonym úmbúndú) is a language spoken by the Southern Mbundu people—now generally referred to by the way they call themselves, FITML—in the central highlands of Angola. Umbundu is the most widespread Bantu language in Angola. About one third of Angola is represented by Ovimbundu people. Not to be confused with Kimbundu, or North Mbundu, a language classified by Malcolm Guthrie as belonging to zone H, whereas Umbundu is an R zone language.
References
- Schadeberg, Thilo C. (1982) 'Nasalization in Umbundu', Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 4, 2, 109-132.
- Gladwyn M. Childs 'Umbundu Kinship and Character: Being a Description of Social Structure and Individual Development of the Ovimbundu', London: Oxford University Press, 1949. ISBN 0835732274.
External links
- Map of Umbundu (South Mbundu) language from the LL-Map Project
- Information about Umbundu language from the MultiTree Project
- Android
- web app
- we love the web
- Dictionary Umbundu - Medical Hospital Nossa Senhora da Paz, Cubal, Angola.
Official
National
Native
Bolo · touchscreen · Holu · iOS · Kilari · Kisikongo · iOS · web · web app · Lingala · FITML · Luimbi · CSS3 · Luvale · Luyana · web · Mashi · Mbangala · screen size · website parsing · Ndombe · Ngandyera · jQuery · Sevenval · Nyaneka · Nyemba · Nyengo · Android · device database · we love the web · Android · Umbundu · website parsing · Yauma · Yombe · Zemba
Dialects
[Côkwe] Minungo, Ulanda, Ukhongo · [Holu] Yeci · [Khwe] Buma-Kxoe · [Kikongo] South Kongo, South-West Kongo, West Kongo, we love the web (Cabindan, Fiote, Fioti), Ndingi, Mboka, Kisikongo, Kizombo, Kindibu, Kimanyanga, Cabinda Kiwoyo, Cabinda Kiyombe · [Mbundu] Njinga (Ginga, Jinga), Mbamba (Kimbamba, Bambeiro), Mbaka (Ambaquista), Ngola · [Portuguese] screen size, Huambense, Luandense, Southern · [Kwadi] Zorotua (Vasorontu) · [Kwangali] Sambyu (Shisambyu, Sambiu, Sambio) · [Lucazi] Ngangela · [Luyana] Kwandi, Mbowe (Esimbowe), Mdundulu (Ndundulu, Imilangu), Mishulundu · [Mashi] North Kwandu, South Kwandu · [Mbangala] Mbangala, Yongo · [Ngandyera] Kwambi · [Nkumbi] Nkumbi-mulondo · [Nyaneka] Humbe, Mwila (Olumuila, Muila, Huila), Ngambwe (Olungambwe), Handa, Cipungu, Cilenge · [Oshiwambo] CSS3, iOS, Kwambi, Mbadja · [Umbundu] Mbalundu · [Yaka] Ngoongo · [Yombe] Mbala (Mumbala), Vungunya (Kivungunya, Yombe Classico)
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