Umbundu

Language name and location: Umbundu, Central Highlands, Angola [Ref to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 翁本杜语, 安哥拉中部本吉拉省高原及沿海地区

1. mosí	21. ekwĩ́ĩ́ ávalí lámosi
2. valí	22. ekwĩ́ĩ́ ávalí lavali
3. tátu	23. ekwĩ́ĩ́ ávalí látatu
4. kwalã	24. ekwĩ́ĩ́ ávalí lakwalã
5. talõ	25. ekwĩ́ĩ́ ávalí látalõ
6. épandú	26. ekwĩ́ĩ́ ávalí lépandu
7. épandúvali	27. ekwĩ́ĩ́ ávalí lepandúvali
8. écelã́lã́	28. ekwĩ́ĩ́ ávalí lecelã́lã́
9. éceyá	29. ekwĩ́ĩ́ ávalí léceyá
10. ekwĩ́i	30. ekwĩ́ĩ́ átátu
11. ekwĩ́i lámosi	40. ekwĩ́ĩ́ ákwálã
12. ekwĩ́i lávali	50. ekwĩ́ĩ́ átalõ
13. ekwĩ́i látatu	60. ekwĩ́ĩ́ épandú
14. ekwĩ́i lákwalã	70. ekwĩ́ĩ́ épandúvali
15. ekwĩ́i látalõ	80. ekwĩ́ĩ́ écelã́lã́
16. ekwĩ́i lepandu	90. ekwĩ́ĩ́ éceyá
17. ekwĩ́i lepanduváli	100. ocíta
18. ekwĩ́i lécelã́lã́	200. ovíta víváli
19. ekwĩ́i léceyá	1000. ohṹlṹkáyi
20. ekwĩ́ĩ́ ávalí	2000. ohṹlṹkáyi víváli

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Riikka Halme, University of Helsinki, Finland, August 7, 2008.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Riikka Halme, 2008 年 8 月 7 日.

Other comments: Umbundu has a numeral system similar to that of Nyaneka.

Umbundu, or South Mbundu (autonym Umbundu: úmbúndú), one of many Bantu languages, is the most widely-spoken autochthonous language of Angola by approximately 7,810,000 speakers. Its speakers are known as Ovimbundu and are an ethnic group constituting a third of Angola's population. Their homeland is the Central Highlands of Angola and the coastal region west of these highlands, including the cities of Benguela and Lobito. Because of recent internal migration, there are now also large communities in the capital Luanda and its surrounding province, as well as in Lubango.

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