Atlantic-Congo · Central Africa · Southern Africa

Umbundu

Not endangered

Umbundu is documented so far only to the level of long grammar.

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FamilyAtlantic-Congo
StatusNot endangered
DocumentationLong grammar
ISO 639-3umb
Glottocodeumbu1257

Spoken in Angola · Namibia

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Closest relatives

Languages sharing the deepest branch of Atlantic-Congo's family tree with Umbundu.

  1. Central Wambo

    Not endangered
    Grammar sketch

  2. Diriku-Shambyu

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  3. Herero

    Threatened
    Long grammar

  4. Kuanyama

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  5. Kuvale

    Not endangered
    Wordlist or less

  6. Kwambi

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  7. Kwandu

    Not endangered
    Wordlist or less

  8. Kwangali

    Not endangered
    Grammar

Reference data for Umbundu from Glottolog 5.2.1, licensed CC-BY-4.0. Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Bank, Sebastian. 2025. Glottolog 5.2.1. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at https://glottolog.org)