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The Kimbundu languages are a group of Bantu languages coded Zone H.20 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), they probably...

Kimbundu, a Bantu language which has sometimes been called Mbundu or North Mbundu (to distinguish it from Umbundu, sometimes called South Mbundu), is the...

parts of Angola, where it is known as mburututu in the Chokwe and Kimbundu languages. Borututu bark is claimed to have hepatic healing properties and a...

unripe cooked corn juice). Both words come from the Kikongo and/or Kimbundu languages, where they refer to similar grain porridges. In Colombia and other...

Portuguese Empire among Kongo and Mbundu slaves who spoke Kikongo and Kimbundu languages. The supreme and creative god is Nzambi or Nzambi a Mpungu. Below...

developed as literary languages. The six languages vary between government pronouncements, but commonly included are Umbundu, Kimbundu, Kikongo (presumably...

Fufu (or fufuo, foofoo, foufou /ˈfuˌfu/ foo-foo listen) is a pounded meal found in West African cuisine. It is a Twi word that originates from the Akans...

just north of the Kwanza River. The Ambundu speak Kimbundu, and most also speak the official language of the country, Portuguese. They are the second biggest...

Pombajira (from Kimbundu: pambu ia njila, lit. 'crossroads') is the name of an Afro-Brazilian spirit evoked by practitioners of Umbanda and Quimbanda in...

African languages spoken in Angola. In the capital, Luanda, indigenous languages are practically nonexistent. Examples of words borrowed from Kimbundu into...

This is a list of official languages by country and territory. It includes all languages that have official language status either statewide or in a part...

from Louisiana Creole, but originates from either Umbundu: ochinggõmbo or Kimbundu: kingombo. Even though the word gumbo often refers to the dish gumbo in...

Coast Bantu languages. NW Angola, W Congo H10 (reduced) Kongo languages H20 Kimbundu languages (?Songo) H30–40 (with Yanzi) Yaka languages H10 and H40...

Funge or fúngi (Angola) or mfundi (Congo - DCR and the Congo Republic) is a traditional African swallow made of cassava flour whisked into boiling water...

has over 500 languages (according to SIL Ethnologue), one of the greatest concentrations of linguistic diversity in the world. The languages of Africa belong...

Kavango – Southwest Bantu languages are a group of Bantu languages established by Anita Pfouts (2003). The Southwest Bantu languages constitute most of Guthrie's...

these languages (such as Mapuche, Huilliche, Tehuelche, and Puelche). In Kimbundu, spoken by Congolese slaves during colonial times, xê means "hey!", an...

as Ngoya and Kibala, is a Bantu language of Angola that is closely related to Kimbundu. The only name for the language as a whole, 'Ngoya', was originally...

from a Bantu language, possibly Kivili ci-mpenzi. dengue – possibly from Swahili dinga goober – possibly from Bantu (Kikongo and Kimbundu nguba) gilo -...

A quilombo (Portuguese pronunciation: [kiˈlõbu] ); from the Kimbundu word kilombo, lit. 'war camp') is a Brazilian hinterland settlement founded by people...