Mbali language explained

Mbali
States:Angola
Speakers:?
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Benue–Congo
Fam4:Bantoid
Fam5:Bantu
Fam6:Southwest Bantu?
Fam7:(?)
Iso3:none
Iso3comment:(covered by Umbundu)
Glotto:none
Guthrie:R.103

Mbali (Olumbali, Kimbari) is a minor Bantu language of Angola, spoken on the coast on the southern edge of the large Umbundu-speaking area and the northern end of the uninhabited Namib desert. Its classification is unclear. Arends et al. suggest it might turn out to be a Kimbundu–Umbundu mixed language, though it is nowhere near Kimbundu territory.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Arends, Muysken, & Smith (1995), Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction