Umbundu
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Umbundu is a major Bantu language spoken primarily in central and southern Angola, especially by the Ovimbundu people.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Mbundu | 0 | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu language
→
language of Angola → natural language → |
| branch | Benue–Congo NERFINISHED → |
| 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 NERFINISHED → |
| partOf | Niger–Congo language family NERFINISHED → |
| 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 (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Mbundu"