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Luvale (also spelt Chiluvale, Lovale, Lubale, Luena, Lwena) is a Bantu language spoken by the Lovale people of Angola and Zambia. It is recognized as a regional language for educational and administrative purposes in Zambia, where about 168,000 people speak it as of 2006. Luvale uses a modified form of the latin alphabet in its written form.[3]

Luvale
Native to	Angola, Zambia
Ethnicity	Lovale
Native speakers	640,000 (2001–2010)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone K) Chokwe–Luchazi (K.10) Luvale
Writing system	Latin (Luvale alphabet) Luvale Braille
Official status
Recognised minority language in	Zambia
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lue
Glottolog	luva1239
Guthrie code	K.14[2]

Luvale is closely related to Chokwe.

Vocabulary

It contains many loanwords from Portuguese from colonial contact during 20th century,[4] such as:

Luvale	Portuguese	English
xikata	escada	ladder
xikitelu	mosquitero	mosquito net
ngatwe	gato	cat
mbalili	barril	powder keg (lit. barrel)
kaluwaxa	carro	bicyle
semana	semana	week

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants of Luvale[5]

	Bilabial	Labio-dental	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n		ɲ	ŋ
Plosive	p		t			k
Sibilant fricative			s z	ʃ ʒ
Non-sibilant fricative		f					h
Approximant		ʋ			j

Vowels

Vowels of Luvale[5]

	Front	Back
Close	iː i	u uː
Close-mid	eː e	oː o
Open	aː a

Speakers

• Bernard K. Mbenga
• Samba Yonga

References

Further reading

External links

• "Luvale Reading Lessons". Lubuto Library Special Collections. Archived from the original on 2015-06-21. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
• Moses C.B. Mulongesa, Vishimo vya Kuuko, Lubuto Library Special Collections, accessed May 3, 2014.
• Luvale language books, Lubuto Library Special Collections
• OLAC resources in and about the Luvale language

На других языках

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- [en] Luvale language

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[fr] Luvale (langue)

Le luvale est la langue bantoue parlée comme langue maternelle par les Luvales. Elle est parlée par plus de 640 000 personnes, principalement en Angola mais aussi en Zambie.

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