Ngoya language
| Ngoya | |
|---|---|
| Kibala | |
| Ipala | |
| Native to | Angola |
| Region | northeast Cuanza Sul Province |
Native speakers | 100,000 (2013)[1] |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | Angola |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
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. [citation needed]
Nyoya is spoken in
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
- ^ a b 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