Concept information
Preferred term
kmbKimbundu
Type
-
Language
Definition
- North Mbundu, or Kimbundu, one of two Bantu languages called Mbundu (see Umbundu), is one of the most widely spoken Bantu languages in Angola, concentrated in the north-west of the country, notably in the Luanda Province, the Bengo Province, the Malanje Province and the Cuanza Norte Province. It is spoken by the Ambundu; (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).
Entry terms
- North Mbundu language
ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code
- kmb
ISO 639-2 Terminological code
- kmb
ISO 639-3 code
- kmb
Notation
- kmb
In other languages
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kimbundu
French
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kiMboundou
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Kimbundu
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Kimbundu
German
-
Kimbundu-Sprache
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kimbundu
Italian
-
Portuguese
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quimbundo
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kimbundu
Spanish
-
Idioma kimbundu
URI
http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/kmb
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