Bantu language
| Mbali |
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| Native to | Angola |
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| ISO 639-3 | (covered by Umbundu) |
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| Glottolog | None |
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| R.103[1] |
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Mbali (Olumbali, Kimbari) is a minor Bantu language of Angola, spoken on the coast on the southern edge of the large Umbundu-speaking area and the northern end of the uninhabited Namib desert. Its classification is unclear. Arends et al. suggest it might turn out to be a Kimbundu–Umbundu mixed language, though it is nowhere near Kimbundu territory.[2]
References
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ Arends, Muysken, & Smith (1995), Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction
Languages of Angola
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- Italics indicate extinct languages.
- Languages between parentheses are varieties of the language on their left.
- The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.
- Narrow Bantu languages by Guthrie classification zone templates
- Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones A–B)
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- Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones E–H)
- Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones J–M)
- Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones N–S)
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