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Preferred term

umbUmbundu  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • 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, Ovimbundu—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.

Entry terms

  • South Mbundu language

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • umb

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • umb

ISO 639-3 code

  • umb

Notation

  • umb

In other languages

  • umbundu

    French

  • Oumboundou
  • Umbundu

    German

  • Mbundu-Sprache
  • mbundu

    Italian

  • Umbundu

    Portuguese

  • umbundu
  • umbundu

    Spanish

  • Idioma umbundu

URI

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

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