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Luvale language

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Native to
  
Native speakers
  
640,000 (2001–2010)

Ethnicity
  
Lovale

Recognised minoritylanguage in
  
Language family
  
Niger–CongoAtlantic–CongoBenue–CongoBantoidBantu (Zone K)Chokwe–Luchazi (K.10)Luvale

Writing system
  
Latin (Luvale alphabet)Luvale Braille

Luvale (also spelled Chiluvale, Lovale, Lubale, Luena, Lwena) is a Bantu language spoken by the Lovale people of Angola and Zambia. It is recognized as a regional language for educational and administrative purposes in Zambia, where about 168,000 (2006) people speak it.

Luvale is closely related to Chokwe.

In fiction

In the Swedish 1997 murder mystery novel "Faceless Killers", Inspector Kurt Wallander investigates a murderous racist attack on a refugee center in Skane and finds it difficult to communicate with a witness who speaks only the Luvale language. The problem is resolved when a 90-year-old woman is found, who is a former missionary who speaks Luvale fluently, and she acts as the interpreter.

References

Luvale language Wikipedia


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