Kwanyama
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| Kwanyama Oshikwanyama |
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| Spoken in: | Namibia and Angola | |
| Region: | Ovamboland | |
| Total speakers: | 421,000 in Angola & over 250,000 in Namibia | |
| Language family: | Niger-Congo Atlantic-Congo Volta-Congo Benue-Congo Bantoid Southern Narrow Bantu Central Zone R Kwanyama |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | kj | |
| ISO 639-2: | kua | |
| ISO 639-3: | kua | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Kwanyama or Oshikwanyama is a national language of Angola and Namibia. It is a standardized dialect of the Oshiwambo language, and is mutually intelligible with Ndonga, the only other Oshiwambo dialect to have a standard written form.
[edit] References
- Crane, Thera; Lindgren-Streicher, Karl; Wingo, Andy (2004). Hai ti! A Beginner's Guide to Oshikwanyama.
- (2005) in Gordon, Raymond, G., Jr.: Ethnologue: Languages of the World,, Fifteenth edition, Dallas, Tex.: SIL International.
- Zimmerman, W.; Hasheela, P. (1998). Oshikwanyama Grammar. Windhoek: Gamsberg Macmillan.
[edit] External links
- Basic Grammar
- Language map of Namibia
- Grammar and vocabulary (Spanish)
- PanAfrican L10n page on Kwanyama
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