Umbundu
| South Mbundu | |
|---|---|
| Umbundu | |
| Native to |  Angola |
Native speakers | (4 million cited 1995) |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Angola |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | umb |
| ISO 639-3 | umb |
South Mbundu, or Umbundu is a language used by the Southern Mbundu people. They live in the central highlands of Angola. Umbundu is the most widespread Bantu language in Angola. About one third of Angola is the Ovimbundu people.
References
- Schadeberg, Thilo C. (1982) 'Nasalization in Umbundu', Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 4, 2, 109-132.
- Gladwyn M. Childs 'Umbundu Kinship and Character: Being a Description of Social Structure and Individual Development of the Ovimbundu', London: Oxford University Press, 1949. ISBN 0835732274.
