Kimbundu

Northern Mbundu
Northern Mbundu
Person	Mumbundu
People	Ambundu or Akwambundu
Language	Kimbundu
Country	Ndongo and Matamba

Kimbundu
Kimbundu
North Mbundu
Native to	Angola
Region	Luanda Province, Bengo Province , Malanje Province
Ethnicity	Ambundu
Native speakers	1.7 million (2015)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone H) Kimbundu languages (H.20) Kimbundu; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Kimbundu proper (Ngola); Mbamba (Njinga);
Official status
Official language in	Angola ("National language")
Language codes
ISO 639-2	kmb
ISO 639-3	kmb
Glottolog	kimb1241
Guthrie code	H.21

Kimbundu, a Bantu language which has sometimes been called Mbundu or North Mbundu (see Umbundu), is the second-most-widely-spoken Bantu language in Angola.

Its speakers are concentrated in the north-west of the country, notably in the Luanda, Bengo, Malanje and the Cuanza Norte provinces. It is spoken by the Ambundu.

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