Mbali language

Mbali
Native toAngola
Language codes
ISO 639-3(covered by Umbundu umb)[1]
GlottologNoneCategory:Languages without Glottolog code
R.103[2]
Category:Languages without ISO 639-3 code but with Guthrie codeCategory:Language articles with speakers set to 'unknown'Category:Languages with neither ISO nor Glottolog code

Mbali (Olumbali, Kimbari) is a minor Bantu language of Angola, spoken on the coast on the southern edge of the large Umbundu-speaking area and the northern end of the uninhabited Namib desert. Its classification is unclear. Arends et al. suggest it might turn out to be a Kimbundu–Umbundu mixed language, though it is nowhere near Kimbundu territory.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Umbundu at Ethnologue (28th ed., 2025) Closed access iconCategory:Language articles citing Ethnologue 28
  2. ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ↑ Arends, Muysken, & Smith (1995), Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction
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