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Also known as Ovambo language, Oshiwambo language

gruppo di dialetti bantu

Key facts

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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Wikidata facts

Instance of
modern language
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Wikimedia language code
ng
topic's main category
Category:Ovambo language
Commons category
Ovambo language
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Article · Italiano

La lingua oshiwambo (trascritto anche come oshivambo e otjiwambo) è un gruppo di dialetti bantu della famiglia niger-kordofaniana parlati in Namibia e Angola da diverse comunità di etnia owambo.

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