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Languages of Angola

The Linguasphere Register records 5 entries for Angola, spread across 4 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.

5Register entries
4Sectors present
5Zones
0Language entries

0= AFRICA 5= INDO-EUROPEAN 8= SOUTH-AMERICA 9= TRANSAFRICAN

Register entries recorded in Angola

CodeEntryLevelNote
08=KHOISANICZoneCovers the "Central Khoisan" grouping (part of the "wider Khoisan" hypothesis).
09=KALAHARIZoneCovers the Kalahari reference area (within the "wider Khoisan" hypothesis), composed of the "North-Khoisan" set 09-A …
51=ROMANICZoneCovers the "Romance" or Italiano + Româneasca set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity.
81=CHIBCHANICZone
99=BANTUICZoneCovers the "broad Bantu", "narrow Bantu + Bantoid" or Isizulu + Tiv set (the central-southern section of "old …

Country placements come from the geographic data published with the Linguasphere Register. They mark where a speech community is recorded, not where a language is official. See sources and attribution.