Umbundu

E71693

Bantu language language of Angola natural language

Umbundu is a major Bantu language spoken primarily in central and southern Angola, especially by the Ovimbundu people.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Umbundu canonical	11
Ovimbundu	3
Mbundu	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bantu language ⓘ language of Angola ⓘ natural language ⓘ
branch	Benue–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Benue–Congo
closelyRelatedTo	Kimbundu ⓘ other Bantu languages of Angola ⓘ
country	Angola ⓘ
ethnicLanguageOf	Ovimbundu people ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	South Mbundu ⓘ Umbundo ⓘ
hasCulturalRole	carrier of Ovimbundu oral tradition ⓘ medium of traditional songs and stories ⓘ
hasDialects	various regional dialects ⓘ
hasGlottocode	umbu1258 ⓘ
hasGrammarType	subject–verb–object word order ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature	agglutinative morphology ⓘ noun class system ⓘ tonal distinctions ⓘ
hasNeighboringLanguage	Chokwe ⓘ Kimbundu ⓘ Ovambo ⓘ
hasOrthographyBasedOn	Portuguese-based Latin alphabet conventions ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length ⓘ prenasalized consonants ⓘ
hasSpeakerPopulation	millions of speakers ⓘ
hasStandardizationEffortsBy	Angolan linguistic institutions ⓘ
isMajorLanguageIn	Angola ⓘ
isOneOfLargestLanguagesOf	Angola ⓘ
isTaughtAt	some universities and linguistic departments ⓘ
isVernacularFor	Ovimbundu people ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-2	umb ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-3	umb ⓘ
languageFamily	Niger–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Niger–Congo
partOf	Niger–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Niger–Congo language family
region	Central Africa ⓘ
spokenIn	Angola ⓘ
spokenPrimarilyIn	central Angola ⓘ southern Angola ⓘ
statusInAngola	major national language ⓘ
subbranch	Southern Bantu ⓘ
subfamilyOf	Bantu languages ⓘ
usedAlongside	Portuguese language ⓘ surface form: Portuguese
usedBy	Ovimbundu communities ⓘ
usedIn	daily communication ⓘ local media in Angola ⓘ
usedInEducation	some primary education and literacy programs in Angola ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Angola → nationalLanguage → Umbundu ⓘ

African Portuguese → influencedBy → Umbundu ⓘ

Kimbundu → alternateName → Umbundu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mbundu

Kimbundu → closelyRelatedTo → Umbundu ⓘ

Central Bantu → hasMajorLanguage → Umbundu ⓘ

UNITA → ethnicBase → Umbundu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ovimbundu

UNITA → languageUsed → Umbundu ⓘ

Huambo → localLanguages → Umbundu ⓘ

Jonas Savimbi → ethnicGroup → Umbundu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ovimbundu

North Mbundu → closelyRelatedTo → Umbundu ⓘ

South Mbundu → alternateName → Umbundu ⓘ

South Mbundu → GlottologName → Umbundu ⓘ

South Mbundu → isSpokenBy → Umbundu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ovimbundu

South Mbundu → hasEthnologueEntry → Umbundu ⓘ

Ovimbundu communities → language → Umbundu ⓘ