What is Umbundu?
{{Infobox language |name=South Mbundu |nativename=Umbundu |states={{flag|Angola}} |speakers=4 million |date=1995 |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]] |fam3=[[Benue–Congo languages|Benue–Congo]] |fam4=[[Bantoid languages|Bantoid]] |fam5=[[Bantu languages|Bantu]] ([[Guthrie classification of Bantu languages#Zone R|Zone R]]) |nation=Angola |iso2=umb|iso3=umb}} '''South Mbundu''', or '''''Umbundu''''' is a language used by the [[Southern Mbundu people]]. They live in the central highlands of [[Angola]]. Umbundu is the most widespread [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] language in Angola. About one third of Angola is the Ovimbundu people. ==References== *Schadeberg, Thilo C. (1982) 'Nasalization in Umbundu', ''Journal of African Languages and Linguistics'', 4, 2, 109-132. *[[Gladwyn M. Childs]] 'Umbundu Kinship and Character: Being a Description of Social Structure and Individual Development of the Ovimbundu', London: Oxford University Press, 1949. {{ISBN|0835732274}}. {{stub}} [[Category:Bantu languages]] [[Category:Languages of Africa]]