Oshiwambo languages

E417652

Bantu language group Southern Bantu languages

The Oshiwambo languages are a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken primarily by the Ovambo people in northern Namibia and southern Angola.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Oshiwambo dialect cluster	1
Oshiwambo languages canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bantu language group ⓘ Southern Bantu languages ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Herero language ⓘ Nguni languages ⓘ
glottologCode	oswi1239 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Ambo languages ⓘ Ovambo language ⓘ surface form: Ovambo languages
hasDialect	Oshikolonghadhi ⓘ Oshikwaludhi ⓘ Oshikwambi ⓘ Oshikwanyama ⓘ Oshimbalanhu ⓘ Aambalantu ⓘ surface form: Oshimbalantu Oshindali ⓘ Oshindonga ⓘ Oshindonga ⓘ surface form: Oshingandjera
hasEthnicGroup	Ovambo people NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature	agglutinative morphology ⓘ subject–verb–object word order ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	noun class system ⓘ tone ⓘ
hasPopulation	over one million speakers ⓘ
hasStandardVariety	Oshikwanyama ONNED1 ⓘ Oshindonga ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script
iso639-2Code	bnt ⓘ
languageBranch	Southwestern Bantu ⓘ
languageFamily	Bantu languages ⓘ surface form: Bantu
partOf	Southwest Bantu ⓘ surface form: Southwest Bantu subgroup
primaryCountry	Namibia ⓘ
region	Ovamboland NERFINISHED ⓘ
secondaryCountry	Angola ⓘ
spokenBy	Ovambo people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn	Angola ⓘ Namibia ⓘ
spokenInRegion	northern Namibia ⓘ southern Angola ⓘ
subclassOf	Bantu languages ⓘ Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
usedAs	lingua franca in northern Namibia ⓘ
usedFor	oral literature ⓘ storytelling ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ
usedIn	education in Namibia ⓘ radio broadcasting in Namibia ⓘ religious services in northern Namibia ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Erongo Region → languageUsed → Oshiwambo languages ⓘ

Oshiwambo → hasAlternativeName → Oshiwambo languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oshiwambo dialect cluster