Ethnologue

Mbwela

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Ambuela, Ambuella, Mbuela, Mbwera, Shimbwera

Population

222,000 (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001).

Location

Kuando Kubango province: large central, southern area; Bié, Cunene, Huíla, and Moxico provinces.

Language Maps

Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification

Dialects

None known. Part of Ngangela subgroup. Intelligible with Lucazi [lch], Ngonzela, and Nyemba [nba], and will be able to use the new Lucazi Bible.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian.