South Mbundu

E356136
Bantu language language

South Mbundu, also known as Umbundu, is a major Bantu language spoken primarily by the Ovimbundu people in central and southern Angola.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
South Mbundu canonical 1
South Mbundu language 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternateName Umbundu ⓘ
belongsToBranch Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
country Angola ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ovimbundu people NERFINISHED ⓘ
GlottologCode umbu1258 ⓘ
GlottologName Umbundu ⓘ
hasAlternativeName South Mbundu ⓘ
surface form: South Mbundu language

Umbundu language ⓘ
hasDialects various regional dialects ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry Umbundu ⓘ
hasLanguageCode umb ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative language ⓘ
hasNativeSpeakersIn Benguela Province ⓘ
Bié Province ⓘ
Cuando Cubango Province ⓘ
Cunene Province ⓘ
Huambo Province ⓘ
Kwanza Sul Province ⓘ
hasNeighboringLanguage Chokwe ⓘ
Kimbundu ⓘ
Nyaneka-Nkhumbi ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature tone language ⓘ
hasSpeakers several million speakers ⓘ
hasWordOrder SVO ⓘ
ISO639-2Code umb ⓘ
isOfficialLanguageIn Angola ⓘ
surface form: Angola (recognized among national languages)
isPartOf Angolan Bantu languages ⓘ
isSpokenBy Umbundu ⓘ
surface form: Ovimbundu
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
majorityLanguageOf Ovimbundu people NERFINISHED ⓘ
rankInAngola one of the most widely spoken Bantu languages in Angola ⓘ
region East Angola ⓘ
surface form: Central Angola

Southern Angola ⓘ
spokenIn Angola ⓘ
spokenInRegion central Angola ⓘ
southern Angola ⓘ
subfamily Southwest Bantu ⓘ
usedFor daily communication among Ovimbundu communities ⓘ
usedIn local radio broadcasting in central Angola ⓘ
traditional oral literature of the Ovimbundu ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Umbundu → hasAlternativeName → South Mbundu ⓘ
South Mbundu → hasAlternativeName → South Mbundu ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Mbundu language