Mbali language

Mbali
Native to	Angola
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Southwest Bantu? (?) Mbali
Language codes
ISO 639-3	(covered by Umbundu umb)[1]
Glottolog	None
Guthrie code	R.103[2]

Mbali (Olumbali, Kimbari) is a minor Bantu language of Angola, spoken on the coast on the southern edge of the large Umbundu-speaking area and the northern end of the uninhabited Namib desert. Its classification is unclear. Arends et al. suggest it might turn out to be a Kimbundu–Umbundu mixed language, though it is nowhere near Kimbundu territory.^[3]

References

1. Umbundu at Ethnologue (28th ed., 2025)
2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
3. Arends, Muysken, & Smith (1995), Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction