Mbunda also known as Chimbunda or Ki-mbunda or Mbúùnda or Gimbunda is a language spoken in Moxico Province and Cuando Cubango Province of Angola and North-Western province of Zambia by the Mbunda people.
Mbunda language has approximately 499,998 native speakers.
The language has 7 dialects; Katavola, Yauma, Sango, Ciyengele ("Shamuka"), Ndundu, Nkangala and Mbalango.
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