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Definition of Mbundu
1. Noun. An ethnic group speaking Umbundu and living in western Angola.
Definition of Mbundu
1. Proper noun. An ethnic group of Angola. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mbundu
Literary usage of Mbundu
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Missionary Review of the World by James Lutzweiler (1901)
"Principal among these would be the Kongo, the Ki-mbundu, and the U-mbundu.
Missionary work has been conducted aud translations made in these three languages ..."
2. Linguistic and Oriental Essays: Written from the Year 1840-1903 by Robert Needham Cust (1891)
"THE mbundu LANGUAGE. I have been asked to write a few lines, to explain who the
... It is a Grammar of the mbundu language, interpreted in Portuguese. ..."
3. Memoirs of the American Folklore Society by American Folklore Society (1894)
"A very short, but pretty correct, sketch of Ki-mbundu grammar. ... written by an
Italian Capuchin, has never been of any use to students of Ki-mbundu. ..."
4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1894)
"[1563 The introduction gives a description of Angola, an account of Angola
folk-lore, and treats of the literature of Ki-mbundu and the pronunciation of ..."
5. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1894)
"The people of Kongo are called Kongo; those of Loanda are the Angola proper, or
A-mbundu ; those of Benguella are the Om-mbundu ; those of ..."
6. Angola Unravels: The Rise and Fall of the Lusaka Peace Process by Alex Vines, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1999)
"They have schools where mbundu is taught and all young people are requested to
attend lessons. Those who miss, are "taught" a lesson. ..."
7. The Redemption of Africa: A Story of Civilization, with Maps, Statistical by Frederic Perry Noble (1899)
"But Zulu, Swahili and mbundu form representative and standard languages for the
... To aid Swahili and mbundu in such a linguistic trend, so that the fifty ..."
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