Kimbundu
| Kimbundu | |
|---|---|
| North Mbundu | |
| Native to | Angola |
| Region | Luanda Province, Bengo Province , Malanje Province |
| Ethnicity | Ambundu |
Native speakers | 4 million (2012)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 |
kmb |
| ISO 639-3 |
kmb |
| Glottolog |
kimb1241[2] |
H.21[3] | |
Kimbundu, or North Mbundu, one of two Bantu languages called Mbundu (see Umbundu), is the second-most-widely spoken Bantu language in Angola. It is concentrated in the north-west of the country, notably in the Luanda Province, Bengo Province, Malanje Province and the Cuanza Norte Province. It is spoken by the Ambundu.[4]
References
- ↑ Kimbundu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Kimbundu". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ↑ Ambundu is the short form for Akwa Mbundu and 'Akwa' means 'from', or 'of', or more originally 'originally from' and 'belonging to'. In Kimbundu language the particle Akwa is shortened into simply A, so that instead of Akwa Mbndu it becomes Ambundu; similarly the term Akwa Ngola becomes ANgola, then Angola; Ngola was title for kings in Northern Angolan kingdom in the past, before the Portuguese invasion.
External links
- Collections for a handbook of the Boondéi language By Herbert Willoughby Woodward (1882)
- The art of the language of Angola, author Father Pedro Dias, published in 1697
- Emuseum article on Kimbundu
- PanAfrican L10n page on Kimbundu
- Kimbundu people
- Ethnic groups of Angola
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