Kuvale language

Kuvale
Kuvale
Native to	Angola
Ethnicity	70,000 (2015)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Kavango–Southwest? Southwest Bantu? (?) Kuvale; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; olu – Kuvale; nql – Ngendelengo
Glottolog	kuva1244 Kuvale; ngen1257 Ngendelengo
Guthrie code	R.101

Kuvale is a Southern Bantu language spoken in Angola, in the middle of a large Umbundu-speaking area. It has traditionally been considered a dialect of Herero; however, Maho (2009) has moved it from Bantu Zone R.30 to Zone R.10, which includes Umbundu and a few smaller languages.^[2] Ngendelengo may be a distinct language.

NativetoAngola

Ethnicity70,000 (2015)^[1]

Language family

Niger–Congo?

Atlantic–Congo
- Benue–Congo
  - Bantoid
    - Bantu
      - Kavango–Southwest?
        Southwest Bantu?
        (?)
        Kuvale

Writing system

Latin

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