• Umbundu, or South Mbundu (autonym úmbúndú), one of many Bantu languages, is the most widely-spoken autochthonous language of Angola. Its speakers are...
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    around 1805, derived from Louisiana Creole, but originates from either Umbundu: ochinggõmbo or Kimbundu: kingombo. Even though the word gumbo often refers...
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  • Kimbundu (redirect from Kimbundo language)
    Kimbundu, a Bantu language which has sometimes been called Mbundu or North Mbundu (to distinguish it from Umbundu, sometimes called South Mbundu), is...
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    Benguela Province (category Articles containing Umbundu-language text)
    Benguela (Umbundu: Luombaka Volupale) is a province of Angola, situated in the west of the country. It lies on the Atlantic Ocean, and borders the provinces...
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    LGBT rights in Angola (category Articles containing Umbundu-language text)
    Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in Angola have seen improvements in the early 21st century. In November 2020, the National Assembly...
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    "Luba-Kasai". Ethnologue. "Tsonga". Ethnologue. "Tswana". 19 November 2019. "Umbundu". Ethnologue. "Venda". Ethnologue. Retrieved 15 December 2019. "Wolof"...
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    of whom are currently active in the MPLA. Apart from his indigenous Umbundu language[citation needed] and Portuguese, he speaks Russian, Spanish, and English...
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    be developed as literary languages. The six languages vary between government pronouncements, but commonly included are Umbundu, Kimbundu, Kikongo (presumably...
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    Cuanza Norte Province (category Articles containing Umbundu-language text)
    067°E / -9.017; 15.067 The Cuanza Norte Province (English: North Cuanza; Umbundu: Konano Kwanza Volupale) is province of Angola. N'dalatando is the capital...
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    its roots in African cooking. "Gumbo" is derived from a word in the Umbundu language of Angola, meaning okra, one of the dish's main ingredients. Gullah...
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  • or that have status as a national language, regional language, or minority language. Official language A language designated as having a unique legal...
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    Bailundo (kingdom) (category Articles containing Umbundu-language text)
    Bailundo", which detailed the history of the kingdom and culture, as well as "Umbundu: folk tales" and other such works. Ekuikui II is remembered through oral...
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    Tshiluba and Kiluba (both Luba), Umbundu and Kimbundu (both Mbundu). The prefixless form typically does not occur in the language itself, but is the basis for...
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  • be transitional between Kimbundu and Umbundu. Nurse, Derek; Philippson, Gérard, eds. (2003). The Bantu languages. London: Routledge. ISBN 9780700711345...
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  • Recognition of same-sex unions in Angola (category Articles containing Umbundu-language text)
    se funde em casamento, quer em união de facto, entre homem e mulher. in Umbundu: Epata ohongele yavelapo pokati kowiñgi kwenda yikwete eteywilo linene...
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  • Kuvale is a Southern Bantu language spoken in Angola, in the middle of a large Umbundu-speaking area. It has traditionally been considered a dialect of...
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  • accepted. 'Kibala' is the Umbundu name for the central dialect, Ipala. 'Bolo' is a peripheral dialect. The dialects of this language are Ipala, Hebó, Ucela...
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    (Ambundu) North Mbundu language (Kimbundu) Southern Mbundu people (Ovimbundu alternatively Southern Ambundu South Mbundu language (Umbundu) This disambiguation...
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    political party. During the Civil War the two major cities located in Umbundu territory, Huambo and Kuito, were to a large extent destroyed by the MPLA...
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  • Chokwe–Luchazi, L10 Pende, L50 Lunda, L60 Nkoya, H21 Kimbundu, the rest of R (Umbundu, Yeyi), and perhaps L21 Kete, L22 Lwalu, H13b Suundi. Maho (2009) differentiates...
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    other Amerindian languages in Brazil, such as Kaingang, representing this nasalized [ẽ] sound. It is also used for the Bantu language Umbundu. In Romagnol...
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  • (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...
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  • used as a refrigerant Tumansky R-11, a Soviet turbojet engine Umbundu, a Bantu language of Angola This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
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  • and Umbundu. [citation needed] Nyoya is spoken in Cuanza Sul between Songo to the north and Umbundu to the south. The name "Ngoya" is an Umbundu word...
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  • "layer") or strate is a historical layer of language that influences or is influenced by another language through contact. The notion of "strata" was...
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    spends several weeks at Cisamba so that he can learn the basics of the Umbundu language. On 3 December 1891, Johnston's party were offered free shelter by...
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    cognate with a nasalized palatal approximant [ȷ̃] in other Athabaskan languages. In Umbundu, phonemic /ṽ/ contrasts with the (allophonically) nasalized approximant...
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  • At the time of his death, Chakussanga, presented weekly news on his Umbundu-language call-in show that was highly critical of the government, which is headed...
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    that they constituted 37 percent of the population. The language of the Ovimbundu is Umbundu. The core area of the Ovimbundu kingdoms was that part of...
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    Portuguese Angolans (category Articles containing Portuguese-language text)
    Portuguese mixed with numerous elements from African languages, especially Kimbundu and Umbundu. In the course of the 20th century, due to the waves of...
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