Mbali (''Olumbali, Kimbari'') is a minor Bantu language of Angola, spoken on the coast on the southern edge of the large

Umbundu Umbundu, or South Mbundu (autonym umb, úmbúndú), one of many Bantu languages, is the most widely-spoken autochthonous language of Angola. Its speakers are known as ''Ovimbundu'' and are an ethnic group constituting a third of Angola's popula ...

-speaking area and the northern end of the uninhabited

Namib desert The Namib ( ; pt, Namibe) is a coastal desert in Southern Africa. The name is of Khoekhoegowab origin and means "vast place". According to the broadest definition, the Namib stretches for more than along the Atlantic coasts of Angola, Nami ...

. Its classification is unclear. Arends et al. suggest it might turn out to be a Kimbundu–Umbundu

mixed language A mixed language is a language that arises among a bilingual group combining aspects of two or more languages but not clearly deriving primarily from any single language. It differs from a creole or pidgin language in that, whereas creoles/pidgin ...

, though it is nowhere near Kimbundu territory.Arends, Muysken, & Smith (1995), ''Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction''

References

Languages of Angola {{Bantu-lang-stub