Oshindonga

E438652

Oshindonga is a standardized Bantu language variety spoken primarily in northern Namibia and southern Angola, forming one of the main dialects of the Oshiwambo language cluster.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Oshindonga canonical 3
Oshingandjera 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
Oshiwambo dialect
standardized language variety
associatedEthnicGroup Ndonga people NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Oshikwanyama NERFINISHED
country Republic of Angola NERFINISHED
Republic of Namibia NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Ndonga NERFINISHED
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers over 800000 speakers
hasDialects Central Oshindonga NERFINISHED
Eastern Oshindonga NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode ndon1254
hasISO639-3Code ndo
hasLinguisticTypology head-initial language
tonal language
hasMorphologicalFeature agglutinative morphology
hasNativeName Oshindonga NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalFeature noun class system typical of Bantu languages
hasStandardBibleTranslation Oshindonga Bible NERFINISHED
hasSyntacticFeature basic SVO word order
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Oshikwanyama NERFINISHED
languageBranch Atlantic–Congo NERFINISHED
languageFamily Niger–Congo NERFINISHED
languageGroup Bantu NERFINISHED
languageSubgroup Southwestern Bantu NERFINISHED
partOf Oshiwambo macrolanguage NERFINISHED
region Ovamboland NERFINISHED
regulatedBy Namibian National Institute for Educational Development NERFINISHED
spokenIn Angola NERFINISHED
Namibia NERFINISHED
spokenPrimarilyIn northern Namibia
southern Angola NERFINISHED
standardizedIn Namibia NERFINISHED
subclassOf Bantu languages NERFINISHED
Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED
Oshiwambo language cluster NERFINISHED
usedAs language of education in northern Namibia
language of local administration in northern Namibia
usedFor oral literature and storytelling among Ovambo communities
usedIn primary school instruction in parts of Namibia
radio broadcasting in northern Namibia
religious services in northern Namibia
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (4)

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

Oshiwambo hasStandardVariety Oshindonga
Oshiwambo languages hasDialect Oshindonga
Oshiwambo languages hasDialect Oshindonga
this entity surface form: Oshingandjera