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Is it a tonal language? Badagnani 20:07, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: page moved. DrKiernan ( talk) 12:34, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
South Mbundu language →
Umbundu – The language spoken by the
Ovimbundu is generally known as "Umbundu" (language code umb) rather than "South Mbundu language". "Umbundu" is the more usual name, it is the name used in academic papers, and it matches the
ISO 639-2 language code. --
Bejnar (
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14:05, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
Although I myself have criticized the sources the article contained, I am not sure one should delete all of them, as user:Kwamikagami just did. I there are no better sources, one thould in my opinion maintain those which were there, specifying the corrections they call for. As I did for "Mbalundu": This is, in umbundu, the name of the people living in the Bailundo region of the Huambo province, who formerly constituted a "kingdom", and who use umbundu in such a specific way that one can speak of a dialect. -- Aflis ( talk) 22:44, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
To the best of my knowledge, nobody has ever called "Umbundu" simply "Mbundu". Certainly nobody in Angola. Besides, if the article itself is named "Umbundu", that is the name to be maintained throughout the article. NB: In some older and/or less scholarly texts, you can find "Mbundu" as a name for the Akwambundu (= the Kimbundu speaking) people. On the other hand, the terminology "Northern Mbundu" vs. "Southern Mbundu" is used, exclusively, by a number of English speaking authors. -- Aflis ( talk) 10:48, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
The root is of course "mbundu". But the root in itself doesn't make sense; it always needs a prefix. Here we need the language prefix. In the English speaking literature on Angola, Umbundu has since the middle of the 20th century become common use. As to the native name, it has never been anything but umbundu. -- Aflis ( talk) 09:05, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
I don't understand by the above answer. Nor the reason for your reverting my edit. -- Aflis ( talk) 09:59, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
Somebody classified Umbundu in the box as a "minority language". It so happens that the Angolan state classified Umbundu as one of six "national languages". Unfortunately, I have not been able to find out how to register that status in the box. I hope somebody else can do it.... Aflis ( talk) 09:36, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
The article states that tones are marked by acute and grave accents, but the text examples don't seem to have any. What gives?
In the "Vocabulary" section the article writes 'Wakolapo? (sg); Wakolipo? (pl)' as a translation for 'Hello'. I believe this is incorrect since this is the same translation for 'How are you?'. LegbelsoPont ( talk) 17:43, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
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Is it a tonal language? Badagnani 20:07, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: page moved. DrKiernan ( talk) 12:34, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
South Mbundu language →
Umbundu – The language spoken by the
Ovimbundu is generally known as "Umbundu" (language code umb) rather than "South Mbundu language". "Umbundu" is the more usual name, it is the name used in academic papers, and it matches the
ISO 639-2 language code. --
Bejnar (
talk)
14:05, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
Although I myself have criticized the sources the article contained, I am not sure one should delete all of them, as user:Kwamikagami just did. I there are no better sources, one thould in my opinion maintain those which were there, specifying the corrections they call for. As I did for "Mbalundu": This is, in umbundu, the name of the people living in the Bailundo region of the Huambo province, who formerly constituted a "kingdom", and who use umbundu in such a specific way that one can speak of a dialect. -- Aflis ( talk) 22:44, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
To the best of my knowledge, nobody has ever called "Umbundu" simply "Mbundu". Certainly nobody in Angola. Besides, if the article itself is named "Umbundu", that is the name to be maintained throughout the article. NB: In some older and/or less scholarly texts, you can find "Mbundu" as a name for the Akwambundu (= the Kimbundu speaking) people. On the other hand, the terminology "Northern Mbundu" vs. "Southern Mbundu" is used, exclusively, by a number of English speaking authors. -- Aflis ( talk) 10:48, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
The root is of course "mbundu". But the root in itself doesn't make sense; it always needs a prefix. Here we need the language prefix. In the English speaking literature on Angola, Umbundu has since the middle of the 20th century become common use. As to the native name, it has never been anything but umbundu. -- Aflis ( talk) 09:05, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
I don't understand by the above answer. Nor the reason for your reverting my edit. -- Aflis ( talk) 09:59, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
Somebody classified Umbundu in the box as a "minority language". It so happens that the Angolan state classified Umbundu as one of six "national languages". Unfortunately, I have not been able to find out how to register that status in the box. I hope somebody else can do it.... Aflis ( talk) 09:36, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
The article states that tones are marked by acute and grave accents, but the text examples don't seem to have any. What gives?
In the "Vocabulary" section the article writes 'Wakolapo? (sg); Wakolipo? (pl)' as a translation for 'Hello'. I believe this is incorrect since this is the same translation for 'How are you?'. LegbelsoPont ( talk) 17:43, 1 December 2023 (UTC)