Kwanyama

E588289

Ovambo language variety dialect standardized dialect

Kwanyama is a major standardized dialect of the Ovambo language spoken primarily in northern Namibia and southern Angola.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Kwanyama canonical	2
Kwanyama language	2
Ndonga	2

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ovambo language variety ⓘ dialect ⓘ standardized dialect ⓘ
belongsToSubgroup	Southwestern Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ Namibia ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Ovambo people NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Oshikwanyama NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAncestor	Proto-Bantu language NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBibleTranslation	yes ⓘ
hasGlottologCode	kwan1272 ⓘ
hasGlottologName	Kwanyama NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code	kua ⓘ
hasLanguageCode	ISO 639-3:kua ⓘ
hasLiterature	educational materials ⓘ religious texts ⓘ
hasMorphologyType	agglutinative ⓘ
hasNounClassSystem	yes ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	tone ⓘ
hasRegulatingBody	language planning institutions in Namibia ⓘ
hasStandardOrthography	yes ⓘ
hasTypicalWordOrder	SVO ⓘ
isCloseTo	Ndonga NERFINISHED ⓘ
isMacrolanguageMemberOf	Ovambo NERFINISHED ⓘ
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith	Oshindonga NERFINISHED ⓘ
isOfficiallyRecognizedIn	Namibia NERFINISHED ⓘ
isRecognizedAs	national language in Namibia ⓘ
isTaughtIn	schools in northern Namibia ⓘ
isUsedBy	Kwanyama-speaking Ovambo communities ⓘ
languageFamily	Bantu languages ⓘ Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
partOf	Ovambo language continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRegion	northern Namibia ⓘ southern Angola ⓘ
sharesFeaturesWith	other Ovambo dialects ⓘ
spokenIn	Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ Namibia NERFINISHED ⓘ
standardizationStatus	major standardized dialect of Ovambo ⓘ
subdivisionOf	Ovambo language NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAs	language of education in parts of Namibia ⓘ language of religious activities in Ovambo communities ⓘ
usedIn	Lutheran church activities in northern Namibia ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (6)

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

Ovambo → hasDialect → Kwanyama ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ndonga

Ovambo → isMutuallyIntelligibleWith → Kwanyama ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ndonga

Bantu W languages → hasMember → Kwanyama ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kwanyama language

Southwest Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Kwanyama ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kwanyama language