Sama language (Angola)

Not to be confused with Sama language or Sama language (Gabon).

Sama
Quissama
Native to	Angola
Native speakers	24,000 (2000)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone H) Kimbundu (H.20) ? Sama
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`smd`
Glottolog	`sama1300`^[2]
Guthrie code	`H.22`^[3]

Sama is a Bantu language of Angola that appears to be closely related to Kimbundu.

Languages of Angola

Official	Portuguese

National	Ju Kimbundu Kongo Kung Kwadi Lunda Ngangela Oshiwambo Kwanyama Ndonga Portuguese Umbundu Yauma

Native	Bolo Diriku Holu Ibinda Khwe Kilari Kisikongo Kung-Ekoka Kwadi Kwangali Lingala Lucazi Luimbi Lunda Luvale Luyana Maligo Mashi Mbangala Mbukushu Mbwela Ndombe Ngandyera Nkangala Nkumbi Nyaneka Nyemba Nyengo !O!ung Ruund Sama Songo Umbundu Yaka Yauma Yombe Zemba

References

↑ Sama at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Sama (Angola)". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online