Mbali language

Mbali
Mbali
Native to	Angola
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Southwest Bantu? (?) Mbali; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	(covered by Umbundu)
Glottolog	None
Guthrie code	R.103

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.

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