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Luchazi
Ngangela
Chiluchazi
Native toAngola, Zambia
Native speakers
431,000 (2010-2014)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Benue–Congo
      • Southern Bantoid
        • Bantu (Zone K)
          • Chokwe–Luchazi (K.10)
            • Luchazi
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Angola (as "Nganguela" or "Ganguela")
Language codes
ISO 639-3lch – inclusive code
Individual codes:
lch – Luchazi
nba – Nyemba (Ngangela)
mfu – Mbwela
Glottologluch1239  Luchazi
nyem1238  Nyemba
mbwe1238  Mbwela
Guthrie code
K.13, K.12b, K.17[2]

Luchazi (Lucazi, Chiluchazi) is a Bantu language of Angola and Zambia. Luchazi is the principal language of the Ngangela Group.[3] Ngangela is a term coined by the Vimbundu traders and missionaries in 18th century to describe the tribes occupying the area of eastern-central Angola.[4]

  1. ^ "Lucazi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ Emil Pearson, "Luchazi Grammar", pp. 5
  4. ^ Gerhard Kubik and Moses Yotamu, 1998, "The Luchazi People. Their History and Chieftaincy", pp. 16, 123

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