Oshiwambo

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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