Kuvale language

Kuvale
Native to	Angola
Ethnicity	70,000 (2015)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Kavango–Southwest? Southwest Bantu? (?) Kuvale
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: olu – Kuvale nql – Ngendelengo
Glottolog	kuva1244  Kuvale ngen1257  Ngendelengo
Guthrie code	R.101

Kuvale is a Southern Bantu language spoken in Angola, in the middle of a large Umbundu -speaking area. It has traditionally been considered a dialect of Herero; however, Maho (2009) has moved it from Bantu Zone R.30 to Zone R.10, which includes Umbundu and a few smaller languages. Ngendelengo may be a distinct language.