Nganguela language
| Ngangela | |
|---|---|
| Ganguela | |
| Created by | Emil Pearson |
| Date | dictionary 1970 |
| Purpose | |
| Sources | Luvale, Luchazi, Mbunda, & Luimbi |
| Official status | |
Official language in |
 Angola (national language) |
| Regulated by | Instituto de Línguas Nacionais |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None[1] |
| Glottolog | None |
Ngangela is a standardized mixture of four closely related Bantu languages that serves as one of the national languages of Angola. In that capacity it replaced Mbunda, one of its components. Ngangela was created by the missionary Emil Pearson to allow a single translation of the Bible to serve all four communities, and an Ngangela–English Dictionary was published in 1970. The four constituents of Ngangela are the Chokwe–Luchazi languages Luvale, Luchazi, Mbunda, and Luimbi.[2]
See also
- Runyakitara
References
- ↑ Ethnologue applies the name "Ngangela" to the Nyemba dialect of Luchazi.
- ↑ Robert Papstein, "The Central African Historical Research Project", in Harneit-Sievers, 2002, A Place in the World: New Local Historiographies from Africa and South Asia, p. 178
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