Bolo language
Bolo, also known as Ngoya and Kibala, is a Bantu language of Angola that is closely related to Kimbundu.
Bolo | |
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Ngoya | |
Kibala | |
Native to | Angola |
Native speakers | 2,600 (2000)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | blv |
Glottolog | bolo1261 [2] |
H.23 [3] |
Name
The only name for the language as a whole, 'Ngoya', was originally pejorative, though it is becoming increasingly accepted. 'Kibala' is the Umbundu name for the central dialect, Ipala. 'Bolo' is a peripheral dialect.
Varieties
The dialects of this language are Ipala, Hebó, Ucela, Mbwĩ, Bolo and Sende.
gollark: Oops again.
gollark: Oh no.
gollark: You know, there was something like a 1/5 chance of heavpoot succeeding in his roll to destroy the sun, I think.
gollark: But, canonically, you could have an "electric car" powered by a magic field generator and some electricity.
gollark: And generators are basically the same principle as electric motors.
References
- Bolo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kibala". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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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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