Kimbundu

E67538

Bantu language natural language

Kimbundu is a major Bantu language spoken primarily in northwestern Angola, especially around the capital Luanda, by the Ambundu people.

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All labels observed (3)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bantu language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
alternateName	Kimbundu ⓘ surface form: Kimbundu language Umbundu ⓘ surface form: Mbundu North Mbundu ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Kikongo ⓘ Umbundu ⓘ
countryOfficialStatus	recognized language of Angola ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Ambundu people ⓘ
family	Niger–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Niger-Congo languages
glottologCode	kimb1241 ⓘ
guthrieClassification	H21 ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers	over one million ⓘ
hasDialects	Ambaca dialect ⓘ Dembos dialect ⓘ Luanda dialect ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature	agglutinative morphology ⓘ subject-verb-object word order ⓘ verb prefixation ⓘ
hasLexicalBorrowingsFrom	Portuguese language ⓘ surface form: Portuguese
hasLinguisticAncestor	Proto-Bantu ⓘ
hasNativeSpeakersIn	Bengo Province ⓘ Cuanza Norte Province ⓘ Cuanza Sul Province ⓘ Luanda Province ⓘ Malanje Province ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	noun class system ⓘ tone ⓘ
hasType	tonal language ⓘ
historicalRole	one of the major indigenous languages in colonial Angola ⓘ
influenced	Angolan Portuguese vocabulary ⓘ
iso639-3Code	kmb ⓘ
languageBranch	Southwest Bantu ⓘ
languageOf	Ambundu culture ⓘ
region	Central Africa ⓘ
spokenAround	Luanda ⓘ
spokenIn	Angola ⓘ
spokenInRegion	northwestern Angola ⓘ
subfamily	Bantu languages ⓘ
usedAs	lingua franca in parts of Luanda region ⓘ
usedFor	music ⓘ oral literature ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ
usedIn	Angolan media (limited) ⓘ local education (some primary schools) ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ

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

Angola → nationalLanguage → Kimbundu ⓘ

African Portuguese → influencedBy → Kimbundu ⓘ

Afro-Brazilians → heritageLanguageInfluence → Kimbundu ⓘ

Kimbundu → alternateName → Kimbundu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kimbundu language

Umbundu → closelyRelatedTo → Kimbundu ⓘ

Umbundu → hasNeighboringLanguage → Kimbundu ⓘ

Narrow Bantu → includes → Kimbundu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kimbundu language

Western Bantu languages → hasSubgroup → Kimbundu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kimbundu-Umbundu cluster

Central Bantu → hasMajorLanguage → Kimbundu ⓘ

Bantu W languages → hasMember → Kimbundu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kimbundu language

North Mbundu → alternateName → Kimbundu ⓘ

North Mbundu → nativeName → Kimbundu ⓘ

North Mbundu → glottologName → Kimbundu ⓘ

Southwest Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Kimbundu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kimbundu language

South Mbundu → hasNeighboringLanguage → Kimbundu ⓘ

Bengo Province → languageSpoken → Kimbundu ⓘ

Malanje Province → localLanguage → Kimbundu ⓘ

Malanje Province → historicalLanguage → Kimbundu ⓘ

Cuanza Sul Province → hasSpokenLanguage → Kimbundu ⓘ

Ambundu people → language → Kimbundu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kimbundu language