Luvale (also spelt 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 people speak it as of 2006.
It contains many loanwords from Portuguese from colonial contact during 20th century,[4] such as:
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