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Ibinda (also ''Kibinda'', ''Chibinda'', ''Tchibinda'', ''Cibinda'') is ostensibly a 
Ibinda is Republic of Cabinda: People
at the Republic of Cabinda website. Retrieved 15 January 2010. Historically, vernacular speech in Cabinda has also been called Fiote, from ''m'fiôte'', a word meaning "black" or "colored person."
in ''International Spotlight: Angola'', A special advertising site produced by
Retrieved 15 January 2010. ). However, this term is considered derogatory and is eschewed by Cabindans. "Cabindans do not like being called Fiote... ecausethe word was used by the Portuguese to describe everything that was inferior – a bad road would be called a fiote road and bad food would be called fiote food." Some argue that the language should be called *Cabindese.
Largest Ibinda language resource on the web (Mofeko)
*Jouni Filip Maho
NUGL Online: The online version of the New Updated Guthrie List, a referential classification of the Bantu languages
(with map), p. 52 {{Languages of Angola Kongo language Languages of Angola
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.
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or a dialect group spoken in the Angola
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n province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...
and exclave
An enclave is a territory (or a small territory apart of a larger one) that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state or entity. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is sometimes used improperly to deno ...
of Cabinda.
Ibinda is Western Kongo
Kongo or Kikongo is one of the Bantu languages spoken by the Kongo people living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Angola. It is a tonal language. It was spoken by many of those who were taken from th ...
( Guthrie: H16d) as it is spoken in Cabinda. It is a combination of several dialects of the Kongo language
Kongo or Kikongo is one of the Bantu languages spoken by the Kongo people living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Angola. It is a tonal language. It was spoken by many of those who were taken from th ...
(Kikongo) spoken by small ethnic groups in Cabinda. Among the principal ones are Iwóyo, Ikuákongo (Kakongo), Ikóchi, Ilínji (Ilinge), Kiyómbe (Quiombe), Kisúndi and Ivili although some are sometimes considered separate from Ibinda. Ibinda is a project of Cabindan separatists or nationalists who advocate the formation of a Republic of Cabinda
The Republic of Cabinda (Ibinda: ''Kilansi kia cabinda''; pt, República de Cabinda) was an unrecognized state located in what is presently Angola's Cabinda Province. The Front for the Liberation of the State of Cabinda- Exército de Cabinda ...
and is the "national language
A national language is a language (or language variant, e.g. dialect) that has some connection—de facto or de jure—with a nation. There is little consistency in the use of this term. One or more languages spoken as first languages in the te ...
" of the proposed state.at the Republic of Cabinda website. Retrieved 15 January 2010. Historically, vernacular speech in Cabinda has also been called Fiote, from ''m'fiôte'', a word meaning "black" or "colored person."
in ''International Spotlight: Angola'', A special advertising site produced by
washingtonpost.com
''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large nat ...
. Retrieved 15 January 2010. Fiote referred to all local languages of Cabinda "because they were the languages spoken by black people." The term was also used to describe the inhabitants themselves and as an adjective meaning native or indigenous ("everything that was not of European origin was labeled 'fiote' – fiote papaya, mango fiote, potato fiote, etc."Cabindês, Fiote ou Ibinda: Língua Nacional de Cabinda."Retrieved 15 January 2010. ). However, this term is considered derogatory and is eschewed by Cabindans. "Cabindans do not like being called Fiote... ecausethe word was used by the Portuguese to describe everything that was inferior – a bad road would be called a fiote road and bad food would be called fiote food." Some argue that the language should be called *Cabindese.
References
External links
*Omotola Akindipe, André TatiLargest Ibinda language resource on the web (Mofeko)
*Jouni Filip Maho
NUGL Online: The online version of the New Updated Guthrie List, a referential classification of the Bantu languages
(with map), p. 52 {{Languages of Angola Kongo language Languages of Angola