Kuvale language
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 Herero; however, Maho (2009) has moved it from Bantu Zone R.30 to Zone R.10, which includes Umbundu and a few smaller languages.[2] Ngendelengo may be a distinct language.
| Kuvale | |
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| Native to | Angola |
| Ethnicity | 70,000 (2015)[1] |
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| ISO 639-3 | Either:olu – Kuvalenql – Ngendelengo |
| Glottolog | kuva1244 Kuvalengen1257 Ngendelengo |
R.101[2] | |
References
- Kuvale language at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
- Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
Further reading
- Fehn, Anne-Maria (2019). "Kuvale: A Bantu language of southwestern Angola". Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. 40 (2): 235–270. doi:10.1515/jall-2019-0010.
- Jordan, Linda. "A Comparison of Five Speech Varieties of Southwestern Angola". In: Journal of Language Survey Reports. SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2015-017 (2016)
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