Kimbundu languages
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:
| Kimbundu | |
|---|---|
| Northern Mbundu | |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo |
| Glottolog | mbun1247[1] |
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
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Mbundu (H.20)". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Angenot et al. (2013) "Comparison between the Ipala-Ngoya, Kimbundu and Umbundu tone-class systems", Revista Língua Viva vol. 3, no. 1.
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References
- Nurse & Philippson (2003), The Bantu Languages.
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