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

Nyemba

A language of Angola

ISO 639-3nba

Population  222,000 in Angola (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001). Population total all countries: 231,540.
Region  South central, Cuchi River area, southeast. Also in Namibia, Zambia.
Language map  Angola, reference number 25
Alternate names   Gangela, Ganguela, Ganguella, Ngangela, Nhemba
Dialects  Part of 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: 1955.
Writing system  Latin script.