Luvale language
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Luvale (also spelt Chiluvale, Lovale, Lubale, Luena, Lwena) is a Bantu language spoken by the Lovale people of Angola and Zambia. It is recognized as a regional language for educational and administrative purposes in Zambia, where about 168,000 people speak it as of 2006. Luvale uses a modified form of the latin alphabet in its written form.[3]
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Luvale | |
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Native to | Angola, Zambia |
Ethnicity | Lovale |
Native speakers | 640,000 (2001–2010)[1] |
Latin (Luvale alphabet) Luvale Braille | |
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Recognised minority language in | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | lue |
Glottolog | luva1239 |
K.14 [2] |
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Luvale is closely related to Chokwe.