Its speakers are known as Ovimbundu and are an ethnic group constituting a third of Angola's population.

Because of recent internal migration, there are now also large communities in the capital Luanda and its surrounding province, as well as in Lubango.

The first acute accent (á) in a word represents a high tone.

[3] Omanu vosi vacitiwa valipwa kwenda valisoka kovina vyosikwenda komoko.

[4] Translation: "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.