Kimbundu
Kimbundu is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Angola and Congo - Kinshasa.
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Kimbundu, a Bantu language which has sometimes been called Mbundu or North Mbundu (to distinguish it from Umbundu, sometimes called South Mbundu), is the second-most-widely-spoken Bantu language in Angola.
It is the native language of 3.728 million people (as of 2024), with its speakers mostly concentrated in the north-west of the country, notably in the Bengo, Luanda, Icolo e Bengo, Cuanza Norte, Cuanza Sul, and the Malanje provinces. It is spoken by the Ambundu.
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Written down
Mutu uoso uoso a mu vuala ni ufolo ni kutena kumoxi mu kijingu ni mu ubinganu. Mu kilembu kia kubanga ni mu ubanzelu, Atena uê kubanga ioso kua akua mu muxima ua tululuka mba upange.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Kimbundu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| eye | risu | |
| heart | muxima | |
| water | menha | |
| dog | imbua | |
| cat | ngatu | |
| bird | njila | |
| pig | ngulu | |
| three | -tatu | |
| ten | kuinhi ria |
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
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