Ovambo

Also known as Ovambo language, Oshiwambo language

Bantu language

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Native to: Angola , Namibia
Ethnicity: Owambo
Native speakers: (1,441,000 cited 1990)
Language family: Niger–Congo ? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Congo languages Benue–Congo Bantoid languages Southern Bantoid Bantu Kavango – Southwest Southwest Bantu Owambo
Standard forms: Kwanyama Ndonga
Official language in: Namibia
Iso 639 3: Variously:, kua – Kwanyama , ndo – Ndonga , kwm – Kwambi , lnb – Mbalanhu (Central Wambo), nne – Ngandjera
Glottolog: ndon1253
Guthrie code: R.20 (R.21–24,211–218,241–242)

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Modern-day distribution of Oshiwambo speakers in Namibia An Ovambo speaker, recorded in Namibia.

The Ovambo ( English: /ɒˈvæmboʊ/) language or Oshiwambo, also known as the Namibian language, is a dialect cluster spoken by the Ovambo people in southern Angola and northern Namibia, of which the written standards are Kwanyama and Ndonga.