Kuanyama language

E441705

Bantu language language variety standardized language

The Kuanyama language is a Bantu language spoken primarily in northern Namibia and southern Angola, recognized as a standardized variety of Ovambo and used in education, media, and religious contexts.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Kuanyama language canonical	1
Standard Kwanyama	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bantu language ⓘ language variety ⓘ standardized language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Ndonga language NERFINISHED ⓘ
glottocode	kuan1247 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Kwanyama NERFINISHED ⓘ OshiKwanyama NERFINISHED ⓘ Oshikwanyama NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBibleTranslation	Kuanyama Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology	agglutinative language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	noun class system ⓘ tone ⓘ
hasRegulatoryBody	Namibian language planning authorities ⓘ
hasStandardizedForm	Standard Kuanyama NERFINISHED ⓘ
iso639-1Code	kj ⓘ
iso639-2Code	kua ⓘ
languageBranch	Atlantic–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ Bantoid ⓘ Bantu NERFINISHED ⓘ Benue–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Niger–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageGroup	Southwestern Bantu NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf	Ovambo dialect continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialStatusIn	Namibia NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Ovambo language cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryCountryForStandardization	Namibia NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAsRegionalLanguageIn	Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn	Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ Namibia NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenInRegion	northern Namibia ⓘ southern Angola ⓘ
subclassOf	Angolan language ⓘ Namibian language ⓘ Niger–Congo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ovambo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Bantu language ⓘ
usedAsLiturgicalLanguageBy	Christian churches in northern Namibia ⓘ
usedAsMediumOfInstruction	primary education in parts of Namibia ⓘ
usedByEthnicGroup	Kwanyama people NERFINISHED ⓘ Ovambo people NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn	Bible translation ⓘ education in Angola ⓘ education in Namibia ⓘ print media ⓘ radio broadcasting ⓘ religious services ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (2)

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

Herero → closelyRelatedTo → Kuanyama language ⓘ

Ovambo → hasStandardVariety → Kuanyama language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Kwanyama