Kimbundu
Kimbundu | |
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North Mbundu | |
Native to | Angola |
Region | Luanda Province, Bengo Province , Malanje Province |
Ethnicity | Ambundu |
Native speakers | 2.1 million (2014)[1] |
Dialects |
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Official status | |
Official language in |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 |
kmb |
ISO 639-3 |
kmb |
Glottolog |
kimb1241 [2] |
H.21 [3] |
Kimbundu, or North Mbundu, one of two Bantu languages called Mbundu (see Umbundu), is the second-most-widely spoken Bantu language in Angola. It is concentrated in the north-west of the country, notably in the Luanda Province, Bengo Province, Malanje Province and the Cuanza Norte Province. It is spoken by the Ambundu.[4]
Phonology
Consonants
Bilabial | Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Post- alveolar |
Velar | Glottal | ||
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Stop | plain | p | t | k | ||||
voiced | b | |||||||
prenasalized | ᵐb | ⁿd | ||||||
Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʃ | h | |||
voiced | v | z | ʒ | |||||
prenasalized | ᶬv | ⁿz | ⁿʒ | |||||
Lateral | l | |||||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ |
Vowels
Front | Back | |
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Close | i | u |
Mid | e | o |
Open | a |
References
- ↑ "The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kimbundu". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ↑ Ambundu is the short form for Akwa Mbundu and 'Akwa' means 'from', or 'of', or more originally 'originally from' and 'belonging to'. In Kimbundu language the particle Akwa is shortened into simply A, so that instead of Akwa Mbndu it becomes Ambundu; similarly the term Akwa Ngola becomes ANgola, then Angola; Ngola was title for kings in Northern Angolan kingdom in the past, before the Portuguese invasion.
- ↑ Da Silva Xavier, Francisco (2010). Fonologia Segmental e Supra-Segmental do Quimbundo.
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