Mbunda

E720072

Bantu language language

Mbunda is a Bantu language spoken primarily in Angola and Zambia, known for its rich oral traditions and role in the cultural identity of the Mbunda people.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Mbunda canonical	2
Muvenda	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bantu language ⓘ language ⓘ
belongsToBranch	Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Benue–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ Zambia ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Mbunda NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Chimbunda NERFINISHED ⓘ Mbunda language NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalRole	language of Mbunda oral tradition ⓘ marker of Mbunda cultural identity ⓘ
hasDialects	Angolan Mbunda NERFINISHED ⓘ Zambian Mbunda NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEthnologueCode	mck ⓘ
hasGlottocode	mbun1243 ⓘ
hasISO6393Code	mck ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology	agglutinative language ⓘ
hasLiterature	collections of oral narratives ⓘ religious texts ⓘ translated Bible portions ⓘ
hasNeighboringLanguage	Kavango languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Lozi NERFINISHED ⓘ Luchazi NERFINISHED ⓘ Luvale NERFINISHED ⓘ Nyemba NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	noun class system ⓘ prenasalized consonants ⓘ tone language ⓘ
hasSpeakerCommunity	Mbunda diaspora in Namibia ⓘ Mbunda diaspora in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
hasStandardizationStatus	partially standardized ⓘ
hasWordOrder	SVO ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script
languageFamily	Bantu ⓘ
region	southeastern Angola ⓘ western Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenBy	Mbunda people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn	Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
subfamily	Sotho–Tswana–Mbunda group NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	folklore ⓘ rituals ⓘ storytelling ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ
usedInEducation	local primary education in some areas ⓘ
usedInReligion	Christian church services in Mbunda communities ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Bantu H languages → hasNotableLanguage → Mbunda ⓘ

Luvenda → hasDemonym → Mbunda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Muvenda

Zone L (Guthrie classification) → containsLanguage → Mbunda ⓘ