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Also known as Oshikwanyama, Cuanhama, kj, Kwanyama dialect, Kwanyama Oshiwambo

Kwanyama or Cuanhama is a national language of Angola and Namibia. It is a standardized dialect of the Ovambo language, and is mutually intelligible with Oshindonga, the other Ovambo dialect with a standard written form.

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Vinony's link graph records 226 inbound references to Kwanyama, and connects out to Ndonga, Bantu and voiceless alveolar stop.

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Vinony links it to 38 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Language.name
Kwanyama
Language.nativename
Oshikwanyama
Language.states
Angola and Namibia
Language.region
Cunene Province (Angola), Ovamboland (Namibia)
Language.speakers
1,003,783 in Angola (2024); 250,000 in Namibia (2006)
Language.familycolor
Niger-Congo
Language.fam2
Atlantic–Congo
Language.fam3
Volta-Congo
Language.fam4
Benue–Congo
Language.fam5
Bantoid
Language.fam6
Southern Bantoid
Language.fam7
Bantu
Language.fam8
Kavango–Southwest
Language.fam9
Southwest Bantu
Language.fam10
Ovambo
Language.iso1
kj
Language.iso2
kua
Language.iso3
kua

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Wikimedia language code
kj
native label
Oshiwambo
number of speakers, writers, or signers
247000
P10369
Kenya
P11012
AMC AMX/3
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Phonology
  • Grammar
  • Verbs
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • Further reading
  • External links

Kwanyama or Cuanhama is a national language of Angola and Namibia. It is a standardized dialect of the Ovambo language, and is mutually intelligible with Oshindonga, the other Ovambo dialect with a standard written form.

The entire Christian Bible has been translated into Kwanyama and was first published in 1974 under the name Ombibeli by the South African Bible Society. Jehovah's Witnesses released a translation of the new testament, the New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures in Kwanyama in 2019, both printed and electronic online version.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kwanyama” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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