Ovambo language

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Bantu language Southern Bantu language natural language

The Ovambo language is a Bantu language spoken primarily in northern Namibia and southern Angola by the Ovambo people.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ovambo language canonical 4
Ndonga language 2
Ovambo languages 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
Southern Bantu language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Herero language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nguni languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfficialStatus recognized national language of Namibia ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ovambo NERFINISHED ⓘ
glottologCode kuan1247 ⓘ
glottologName Kuanyama-Ndonga NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Oshiwambo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oshiwambo language NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBasicWordOrder SVO ⓘ
hasDialect Eunda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kwaluudhi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kwambi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kwanyama NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mbalantu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ndonga NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ngandjera NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasISO639-1Code kj ⓘ
hasISO639-2Code kua ⓘ
hasLinguasphereCode 99-AUT-a ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature noun class system ⓘ
tone ⓘ
hasStandardVariety Standard Kwanyama NERFINISHED ⓘ
Standard Ndonga NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
primaryCountry Namibia NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionOfUse Ovamboland NERFINISHED ⓘ
secondaryCountry Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenBy Ovambo people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ
Namibia NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenInRegion northern Namibia ⓘ
southern Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ
subfamily Southwestern Bantu languages ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca in northern Namibia ⓘ
usedIn education in northern Namibia ⓘ
radio broadcasting in Namibia ⓘ
religious services in Ovambo communities ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (7)

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

Oshiwambo → hasAlternativeName → Ovambo language ⓘ
Herero → closelyRelatedTo → Ovambo language ⓘ
Bantu W languages → hasMember → Ovambo language ⓘ
Bantu W languages → hasMember → Ovambo language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndonga language
Southwest Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Ovambo language ⓘ
Southwest Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Ovambo language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ndonga language
Oshiwambo languages → hasAlternativeName → Ovambo language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ovambo languages