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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Angola > Luimbi

Luimbi

A language of Angola

ISO 639-3lum

Population  43,900 (2000).
Region  Central, Cuanza River area, BiĆ© Province.
Language map  Angola, reference number 11
Alternate names   Chiluimbi, Luimbe, Lwimbe, Lwimbi
Dialects  Related to Nkangala [nkn] and Mbwela [mfu]; part of the Ngangela subgroup.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, K, Chokwe-Luchazi (K.20)
Language development  Bible portions: 1935.
Writing system  Latin script.