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Umbundu language

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South Mbundu
Umbundu
Spoken in	Angola
Total speakers	4 million
Language family	Niger-Congo Atlantic-Congo Benue-Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Central Zone R South Mbundu
Official status
Official language in	Angola
Regulated by	No official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1	None
ISO 639-2	umb
ISO 639-3	umb
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South Mbundu, or Umbundu, (autonym úmbúndú) is a language spoken by the Southern Mbundu people 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'. ISBN 0835732274.

External links

• Ethnologue report on Umbundu
• PanAfrican L10n page on Umbundu
• Umbundu Lessons

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