Kimbundu
Sign in to savethumb|A Kimbundu speaker, recorded in Angola Kimbundu, a Bantu language which has sometimes been called Mbundu or North Mbundu (to distinguish it from Umbundu, sometimes called South Mbundu), is the second-most-widely-spoken Bantu language in Angola.
Key facts
- Language.name
- Kimbundu
- Language.altname
- North Mbundu
- Language.states
- Angola
- Language.region
- Bengo Province, Luanda Province, Icolo e Bengo Province, Cuanza Norte Province, Cuanza Sul Province, Malanje Province
- Language.ethnicity
- Ambundu
- Language.speakers
- million
- Language.date
- 2024
- Language.familycolor
- Niger-Congo
- Language.fam2
- Atlantic–Congo
- Language.fam3
- Benue–Congo
- Language.fam4
- Bantoid
- Language.fam5
- Southern Bantoid
- Language.fam6
- Bantu (Zone H)
- Language.fam7
- Kimbundu languages (H.20)
- Language.dia1
- Kimbundu proper (Ngola)
- Language.dia2
- Mbamba (Njinga)
- Language.nation
- Angola ("National language")
- Language.iso2
- kmb
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- Phonology
- Consonants
- Vowels
- Vowel harmony
- Kimbundu alphabet
- Loans
- European Portuguese
- Conjugation
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|A Kimbundu speaker, recorded in Angola Kimbundu, a Bantu language which has sometimes been called Mbundu or North Mbundu (to distinguish it from Umbundu, sometimes called South Mbundu), is the second-most-widely-spoken Bantu language in Angola.
It is the native language of 3.728 million people (as of 2024), with its speakers mostly concentrated in the north-west of the country, notably in the Bengo, Luanda, Icolo e Bengo, Cuanza Norte, Cuanza Sul, and the Malanje provinces. It is spoken by the Ambundu.