Bolo, also known as Ngoya and Kibala, is a

Bantu language The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu people of Central, Southern, Eastern africa and Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages. T ...

of Angola that is closely related to

Kimbundu Kimbundu, a Bantu language which has sometimes been called Mbundu or 'North Mbundu' (see Umbundu), is the second-most-widely-spoken Bantu language in Angola. Its speakers are concentrated in the north-west of the country, notably in the Lua ...

Name

The only name for the language as a whole, 'Ngoya', was originally pejorative, though it is becoming increasingly accepted. 'Kibala' is the Umbundu name for the central dialect, ''Ipala''. 'Bolo' is a peripheral dialect.

Varieties

The dialects of this language are Ipala, Hebó, Ucela, Mbwĩ, Bolo and Sende.

References

Languages of Angola Kimbundu languages {{Angola-stub