Nyemba

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A language of Angola

ISO 639-3
nba
Alternate Names
Gangela, Ganguela, Ganguella, Ngangela, Nhemba
Population

222,000 in Angola (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001). Population total all countries: 231,540.

Location

South central, Cuchi river area, southeast. South, west Kwando Kubango, north Kunene, east Huila provinces. Also in Namibia, Zambia.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, K, Chokwe-Luchazi (K.12)
Dialects

Part of Ngangela subgroup. Fully intelligible with Lucazi [lch], Nkangala [nkn], Mbwela [mfu], and Ngonzela.

Language Development
Bible portions: 1955.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Nyemba
Writing
Latin script.