South Mbundu

E356136

South Mbundu, also known as Umbundu, is a major Bantu language spoken primarily by the Ovimbundu people in central and southern Angola.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
South Mbundu canonical 2
South Mbundu language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternateName Umbundu ⓘ
belongsToBranch Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
country Angola ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ovimbundu people ⓘ
GlottologCode umbu1258 ⓘ
GlottologName Umbundu ⓘ
hasAlternativeName South Mbundu language ⓘ
linked to: South Mbundu

Umbundu language ⓘ
hasDialects various regional dialects ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry Umbundu ⓘ
hasLanguageCode umb ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative language ⓘ
hasNativeSpeakersIn Benguela Province ⓘ
Bié Province ⓘ
Cuando Cubango Province ⓘ
Cunene Province ⓘ
Huambo Province ⓘ
Kwanza Sul Province ⓘ
hasNeighboringLanguage Chokwe ⓘ
Kimbundu ⓘ
Nyaneka-Nkhumbi ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature tone language ⓘ
hasSpeakers several million speakers ⓘ
hasWordOrder SVO ⓘ
ISO639-2Code umb ⓘ
isOfficialLanguageIn Angola (recognized among national languages) ⓘ
linked to: Angola
isPartOf Angolan Bantu languages ⓘ
isSpokenBy Ovimbundu ⓘ
linked to: Umbundu
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
majorityLanguageOf Ovimbundu people ⓘ
rankInAngola one of the most widely spoken Bantu languages in Angola ⓘ
region Central Angola ⓘ
linked to: East Angola

Southern Angola ⓘ
spokenIn Angola ⓘ
spokenInRegion central Angola ⓘ
southern Angola ⓘ
subfamily Southwest Bantu ⓘ
usedFor daily communication among Ovimbundu communities ⓘ
usedIn local radio broadcasting in central Angola ⓘ
traditional oral literature of the Ovimbundu ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Umbundu → hasAlternativeName → South Mbundu ⓘ
South Mbundu → hasAlternativeName → South Mbundu language ⓘ
linked to: South Mbundu
Umbundu language → hasAlternativeName → South Mbundu ⓘ