Nyemba

NBA

developing

Alternate Names: Gangela, Ganguela, Ganguella, Ngangela, Nhemba

Dialects: None known. Part of Ngangela subgroup. Fully intelligible with Lucazi ,, Nkangala ,, Mbwela ,, and Ngonzela.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Narrow Bantu
Central
K
Ciokwe-Luchazi (K.12)

Demographics: 222,000 in Angola (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001). Population total all countries: 231,540.

Language Use: Used as L2 by !O!ung [oun].

Language Development: Bible portions: 1955.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Angola