Mbali language
Mbali (Olumbali, Kimbari) is a minor Bantu language of Angola, spoken on the coast on the southern edge of the large Umbundu-speaking area and the northern end of the uninhabited Namib desert. Its classification is unclear. Arends et al. suggest it might turn out to be a Kimbundu–Umbundu mixed language, though it is nowhere near Kimbundu territory.[2]
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| Zones A – B |
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| Zone A | A10 | |
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| A20 | |
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| A30 | |
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| A40 | |
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| A50 | |
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| A60 | |
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| A70 | |
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| A80 | |
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| A90 | |
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| Zone C | |
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| Zone D | D10 | |
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| D20 | |
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| D30 | |
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| [J]D40 | |
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| [J]D50 | |
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| [J]D60 | |
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| | Zones E – H |
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| Zone E | [J]E10 | |
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| [J]E20 | |
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| [J]E30 | |
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| [J]E40 | |
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| E50 | |
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| E60 | |
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| E70 | |
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| Zone F | |
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| Zone G | |
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| Zone H | |
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| Zone J* | [J]D40 | |
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| [J]D50 | |
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| [J]D60 | |
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| [J]E10 | |
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| [J]E20 | |
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| [J]E30 | |
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| [J]E40 | |
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| [J]F20 | |
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| Zone K | |
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| Zone L | |
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| Zone M | |
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| | Note: The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them. |
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