Kuvale language explained

Kuvale
States:Angola
Ethnicity:70,000 (2015)
Speakers:?
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Benue–Congo
Fam4:Bantoid
Fam5:Bantu
Fam6:Kavango–Southwest?
Fam7:Southwest Bantu?
Fam8:(?)
Lc1:olu
Ld1:Kuvale
Lc2:nql
Ld2:Ngendelengo
Guthrie:R.101
Glotto:kuva1244
Glottoname:Kuvale
Glotto2:ngen1257
Glottoname2:Ngendelengo
Script:Latin

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. Ngendelengo may be a distinct language.

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