Umbundu

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Umbundu

Umbundu, or South Mbundu, (autonym úmbúndú) is a language spoken by the Ovimbundu

Ovimbundu

The Ovimbundu are an ethnic group consisting of traders, farmers, and herders who live on the Bi? Plateau of central Angola. They speak both Portuguese language and the Bantu languages language of Umbundu language....
people in the central highlands of Angola

Angola

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordering Namibia to the south, Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, and Zambia to the east, and with a west coast along the Atlantic Ocean....
. Umbundu is the most widespread Bantu

Bantu languages

The Bantu languages constitute a grouping belonging to the Niger-Congo languages family. This grouping is deep down in the genealogical tree of the Bantoid grouping, which in turn is deep down in the Niger-Congo tree....
language in Angola. About one third of Angola is represented by Ovimbundu people. Not to be confused with Kimbundu

Kimbundu

Kimbundu is one of the most widely spoken languages in Angola, especially in the north-west of the country, notably in the Luanda province.There are eleven variants of the Kimbundu language: Ngola, Dembo, Jinga, Bondo, B?ngala, Songo, Ibaco, Luanda, Quibala, Libolo and Quissama....
, or North Mbundu, a language classified by Malcolm Guthrie

Malcolm Guthrie

Malcolm Guthrie , professor of Bantu languages, is known primarily for his classification of Bantu languages . The classification, although certainly not undisputed, and probably somewhat outdated, is still the most widely used....
as belonging to zone H, whereas Umbundu is an R zone language.