Kimbundu languages
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Kimbundu | |
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Northern Mbundu | |
Linguistic classification: | Niger–Congo |
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Glottolog: | mbun1247[1] |
The Kimbundu languages are a group of Bantu languages coded Zone H.20 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), they probably form a valid node, though this is still uncertain. They are:
Songo is often assumed to be a dialect of Kimbundu, but actually appears to be one of the Teke languages. Ngoya to its south was until recently considered a dialect of Kimbundu, but has now been recognized as a language in own right, and may be transitional between Kimbundu and Umbundu.[2]
Footnotes
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- ↑ Angenot et al. (2013) "Comparison between the Ipala-Ngoya, Kimbundu and Umbundu tone-class systems", Revista Língua Viva vol. 3, no. 1.
References
- Nurse & Philippson (2003), The Bantu Languages.
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Note: The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.
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