Editing Angola (section)

=== Languages ===
{{Main|Languages of Angola}}
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{{bar percent|[[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]|darkgreen|71.1}}
{{bar percent|[[Umbundu language|Umbundu]]|purple|23.0}}
{{bar percent|[[Kikongo language|Kikongo]]|red|8.2}}
{{bar percent|[[Kimbundu]]|black|7.8}}
{{bar percent|[[Chokwe language|Chokwe]]|orange|6.5}}
{{bar percent|[[Nyaneka language|Nyaneka]]|green|3.4}}
{{bar percent|[[Ngangela language|Ngangela]]|darkblue|3.1}}
{{bar percent|[[Fiote language|Fiote]]|black|2.4}}
{{bar percent|[[Kwanyama language|Kwanyama]]|darkred|2.3}}
{{bar percent|[[Muhumbi language|Muhumbi]]|gray|2.1}}
{{bar percent|[[Luvale language|Luvale]]|tan|1.0}}
{{bar percent|[[Languages of Angola|Other]]|lime|4.1}}
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[[File:AngolaLanguageMap.png|thumb|Situation of Portuguese in each province of Angola: {{legend|#045a8d|Official majority language}}
{{legend|#9bbae1|Official language but not majority native language}}]]
The languages in Angola are those originally spoken by the different ethnic groups and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], introduced during the Portuguese colonial era. The most widely spoken indigenous languages are [[Umbundu]], [[Kimbundu]] and [[Kikongo]], in that order. Portuguese is the official language of the country.

Although the exact numbers of those fluent in Portuguese or who speak Portuguese as a first language are unknown, a 2012 study mentions that Portuguese is the first language of 39% of the population.<ref>Silva, José António Maria da Conceição (2004) [http://poing.me/layar/Colombia/brochuranoCrop.pdf Angola] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721190428/http://poing.me/layar/Colombia/brochuranoCrop.pdf |date=21 July 2017 }}. 7th World Urban Forum</ref> In 2014, a census carried out by the Instituto Nacional de Estatística in Angola mentions that 71.15% of the nearly 25.8 million inhabitants of Angola (meaning around 18.3 million people) use Portuguese as a first or second language.<ref name="Angola: português é falado por 71,15% de angolanos">{{cite web |title=Angola: português é falado por 71,15% de angolanos |trans-title=Angola: Portuguese is spoken by 71.15% of Angolans |url=http://aiangola.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Publica%C3%A7%C3%A3o-Resultados-Definitivos-Censo-Geral-2014_Vers%C3%A3o-22032016_DEFINITIVA-18H17.pdf |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226100353/http://aiangola.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Publica%C3%A7%C3%A3o-Resultados-Definitivos-Censo-Geral-2014_Vers%C3%A3o-22032016_DEFINITIVA-18H17.pdf|archive-date=26 December 2016}}</ref>

According to the 2014 census, [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] is spoken by 71.1% of Angolans, [[Umbundu language|Umbundu]] by 23%, [[Kikongo language|Kikongo]] by 8.2%, [[Kimbundu]] by 7.8%, [[Chokwe language|Chokwe]] by 6.5%, [[Nyaneka language|Nyaneka]] by 3.4%, [[Ngangela language|Ngangela]] by 3.1%, [[Fiote language|Fiote]] by 2.4%, [[Kwanyama language|Kwanyama]] by 2.3%, [[Muhumbi language|Muhumbi]] by 2.1%, [[Luvale language|Luvale]] by 1%, and [[Languages of Angola|other languages]] by 4.1%.<ref name =Censo2014>{{cite web |url=https://www.ine.gov.ao/images/Populacao_Sociedade/Estudos_tematicos/PUBLICACAO_RESULTADOS_DEFINITIVOS_DO_CENSO_2014.pdf |title=Resultados Definitivos Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação – 2014 |trans-title=Definitive Results General Population and Housing Census – 2014 |access-date=3 May 2020 |website=Instituto Nacional de Estatística, República de Angola |archive-date=14 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214215245/https://www.ine.gov.ao/images/Populacao_Sociedade/Estudos_tematicos/PUBLICACAO_RESULTADOS_DEFINITIVOS_DO_CENSO_2014.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>