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.
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.
this entity surface form:
Oshingandjera