Mbali language

{{short description|Bantu language}}

{{Infobox language

|name = Mbali

|nativename =

|pronunciation =

|states = Angola

|region =

|ethnicity =

|speakers = ?

|familycolor = Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu

|fam6=Southwest Bantu?

|fam7=(?)

|iso3 = none

|iso3comment=(covered by Umbundu)

|glotto=none

|guthrie = R.103

}}

Mbali (Olumbali, Kimbari) is a minor Bantu language of Angola, spoken on the coast on the southern edge of the large Umbundu-speaking area and the northern end of the uninhabited Namib desert. Its classification is unclear. Arends et al. suggest it might turn out to be a Kimbundu–Umbundu mixed language, though it is nowhere near Kimbundu territory.Arends, Muysken, & Smith (1995), Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction