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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

  • kimbundu

    French

  • kiMboundou
  • Kimbundu
  • Kimbundu

    German

  • Kimbundu-Sprache
  • kimbundu

    Italian

  • Portuguese

  • quimbundo
  • kimbundu

    Spanish

  • Idioma kimbundu

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/kmb

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