Kuvale language

Kuvale
Kuvale
Native to	Angola
Ethnicity	70,000 (2015)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Kavango–Southwest? Southwest Bantu? (?) Kuvale; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; olu – Kuvale; nql – Ngendelengo
Glottolog	kuva1244 Kuvale; ngen1257 Ngendelengo
Guthrie code	R.101

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.^[2] Ngendelengo may be a distinct language.

^ Kuvale language at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
^ ^a ^b Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[1] Kuvale language at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)

[Guthrie-2] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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