Notes
- ↑ Bantu Classification Archived 2012-06-24 at the Wayback Machine , Ehret, 2009.
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| Ngambwe | |
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| Olungambwe | |
| Native to | Angola |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
Ngambwe is a Bantu language of Angola. Until perhaps Anita Pfouts (2003), it was considered a dialect of Nyaneka. [1]
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