Ngoya language

Ngoya
Kibala
Ipala
Native to	Angola
Region	northeast Cuanza Sul Province
Native speakers	100,000 (2013)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (transitional between zones Zone H and Zone R) Ngoya
Official status
Recognised minority language in	Angola
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (`mis`)
Glottolog	None
Guthrie code	`none`^[2]

Ngoya, also known as Pala (Kibala, Ipala), is a newly recognized language of Angola that since ca. 2010 has been used for national radio broadcasts. It had previously been considered a dialect of Kimbundu without any linguistic evidence, and appears to be transitional between Kimbundu and Umbundu.

Nyoya is spoken in Cuanza Sul between Songo to the north and Umbundu to the south.

The name "Ngoya" is an Umbundu word meaning "savage". The endonym is Pala, which with the noun-class-7 prefix is Íipàlà. It is frequently rendered as Kibala, which is the Kimbundu form.^[1]

References

1 2 Angenot et al. (2013) "Comparison between the Ipala-Ngoya, Kimbundu and Umbundu tone-class systems", Revista Língua Viva vol. 3, no. 1.
↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

Languages of Angola

Official language	Portuguese

National languages	Kimbundu Kongo !Kung Kwadi Lunda Mbunda Oshiwambo Kwanyama Ndonga Umbundu

Indigenous languages	Bolo Chokwe Gciriku Hakaona Holu Ibinda Khwe Kongo Kung-Ekoka Kuvale Kwangali Kwanyama Lingala Lucazi Luimbi Luvale Luyana Mashi Mbali Mbangala Mbukushu Ndombe Ngambwe Ngoya Nkumbi Nsongo Nyaneka Nyengo Ruund Sama Sekele Zemba

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