Ndombe language
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Ndombe | |
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Native to | Angola |
Native speakers
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22,000 (2000)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | ndq |
Glottolog | ndom1244 [2] |
R.12 [3] |
Ndombe (Dombe) is a Bantu language of Angola. It was assigned by Guthrie to Bantu group R.10, which apart from Umbundu Pfouts (2003) established as part of the Kavango–Southwest branch of Bantu.[4] Though not specifically addressed, Ndombe may be in that branch as well.
References
- ↑ Ndombe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ↑ Nurse & Phillipson 2003
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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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