Kuvale | Ethnologue

A language of Angola

ISO 639: olu
Alternate Names: Mucubal
Autonym: Kuvale, Olukuvale
Population: 70,000 (2015 L. Jordan).
Location:: Benguela and Namibe provinces: Atlantic coast to Huila province border east, from Dombe Grande north to Tombua south.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous).
Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, R, Umbundu (R.101)
Dialects: None known. Most similar to Herero [her]. Lexical similarity: 52%–54% with Nyaneka [nyk] (2015 L. Jordan).
Language Use: All domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes. A few also use Portuguese [por]. Used as L2 by Kwandu [xdo], Ngendelengo [nql].
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Kuvale
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Benguela and Namibe provinces: Atlantic coast to Huila province border east, from Dombe Grande north to Tombua south.