Kimbundu
E67538
Kimbundu is a major Bantu language spoken primarily in northwestern Angola, especially around the capital Luanda, by the Ambundu people.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kimbundu language | 1 |
Statements (46)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kimbundu language