Luvale

Luvale is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Angola and Zambia.

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Luvale · 13.5°S 22.3°E

Luvale (also spelt Chiluvale, Lovale, Lubale, Luena, Lwena) is a Bantu language spoken by the Lovale people of Angola and Zambia.

It is the native language of 180 thousand people in Angola (as of 2024), mostly in the Moxico Leste Province, where a third of the population speaks it as a native language. It is recognized as a regional language for educational and administrative purposes in Zambia, where about 168,000 people speak it (as of 2006). Luvale uses a modified form of the Latin alphabet in its written form.

Luvale is closely related to Chokwe.

From Wikipedia · Luvale language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Written down

Vatu vosena vasemuka yapwa hohamwe nakweseka mukuyoya chavo. Vatwama nachiyoyelo chalusesa chajingolo chakuzanga kulivwashana muchiyoyelo chavo.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).

Words in Luvale

Meaning	Word	Romanization
woman	pwevo
person	thu*
name	jina*
eye	so*
ear	twitwi*
nose	zulu*
tooth	zo*
tongue	limi*
hand	voko*
blood	nyinga*
bone	fuhwa*
skin	kova*
knee	mbuli*
breast	vele*
liver	suli*
water	meya
fire	hya*
sun	kumbi*
star	kweji*
stone	lobwa*
mountain	phili*
tree	tondo*
leaf	fwo*
night	fuku*
dog	wa*
fish	Si*
louse	jina*
one	mwe*
two	vali*
drink	nwa*