Umbundu

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.

South Mbundu
Umbundu
Native to	Angola
Native speakers	(4 million cited 1995)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone R) South Mbundu
Official status
Official language in	Angola
Language codes
ISO 639-2	umb
ISO 639-3	umb

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.