Mbunda

MCK

developing

Alternate Names: Chimbunda, Mbuunda

Status Notes: De facto language of national identity.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Narrow Bantu
Central
K
Ciokwe-Luchazi (K.15)

Demographics: 135,000 in Angola (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001). Population total all countries: 218,000.

Language Development: Dictionary. Bible: 2006.

Spoken In: Angola

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Angola

Other Comments: Different from Mbuun which is a dialect of Mpuono , in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia and is in Tende-Yanzi group.