Herero language

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Bantu language Southwest Bantu language natural language

The Herero language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Herero people of Namibia and Botswana, known for its noun class system and close relation to other Southwest Bantu languages.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Otjiherero	5
Herero language canonical	4
Herero linguistic cluster	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bantu language ⓘ Southwest Bantu language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Kavango languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Ovambo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tswana language ⓘ
countryOfRecognition	Namibia NERFINISHED ⓘ
endangeredStatus	vulnerable ⓘ
glottologCode	here1253 ⓘ
glottologName	Herero NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Otjiherero NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDialects	Mbanderu dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Otjiherero NERFINISHED ⓘ Zemba dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	agglutinative morphology ⓘ grammatical gender-like noun classes ⓘ noun class system ⓘ subject–verb–object word order ⓘ tone ⓘ
hasGrammarType	fusional-agglutinative ⓘ
hasLexicalSimilarityWith	Kavango languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Ovambo language NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature	extensive verbal derivation ⓘ prefixal noun class marking ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length ⓘ five-vowel system ⓘ prenasalized consonants ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature	concord agreement across noun phrases ⓘ
ISO639-1Code	hz ⓘ
ISO639-2Code	her ⓘ
languageBranch	Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
region	Southern Africa ⓘ
spokenBy	Herero people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn	Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ Botswana NERFINISHED ⓘ Namibia NERFINISHED ⓘ
subgroupOf	Southwest Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedByEthnicGroup	Herero NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn	education in Namibia ⓘ radio broadcasting in Namibia ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script