Global Journal of Human Social Science, G: Linguistics and Education, Volume 23 Issue 3

Figure 3: Breakdown of the sample by age As for the variable of L1 (Figure 4), the selected sample presents the following picture: 102 students (75.5%) have Portuguese as their L1. 31 students (22.9%) have Umbundu as their L1. Only two students (1.48%) do not have either of the languages mentioned above (their L1 is Nganguela). Fig. 4: L1 of the students When we sought to know the L2 of the members of the selected sample, the bilingual context, familiar to a large part of the Angolan population, became evident. With regards to the ESPB students, 79 out of the 135 members of the sample (58.5%) have an L2: 71 students (52.59%) speak Umbundu; eight individuals (5.9%) have English as their L2 14 . The 14 This phenomenon of the English Language being L2 is gi ven to the fact that we have, in Angola, a high number of citizens that, due to remaining 56 students (41.4 %) do not have an L2. Figure 5 illustrates these data: war, have lived in the neighbor Republic of Zambia and are now back in the country. © 2023 Global Journals Volume XXIII Issue III Version I 65 ( ) Global Journal of Human Social Science - Year 2023 G Preserving the Umbundu Language