Nama
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Nama is a Khoe language spoken primarily by the Nama people in Namibia and neighboring regions of southern Africa.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Khoe language
→
Southern African language → natural language → |
| alternativeName |
Khoekhoe
→
Khoekhoegowab → Nama/Damara → |
| belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup |
Khoekhoe
→
|
| countryWithOfficialStatus |
Namibia
→
|
| endangermentStatus |
vulnerable language
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|
| glottocode |
nama1264
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|
| hasCulturalAssociation |
Nama praise songs
→
Nama storytelling → Nama traditional poetry → |
| hasDialects |
Damara varieties
→
central Nama varieties → southern Nama varieties → |
| hasFeature |
click consonants
→
subject–object–verb word order (SOV) → tonal language → |
| hasNeighboringContactLanguages |
Afrikaans
→
English → Herero → Oshiwambo → |
| hasOrthographicFeature |
use of special symbols for clicks
→
|
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
→
four basic click types → tone distinctions → |
| hasStandardVariety |
Standard Nama
→
|
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin script
→
|
| isMajorityKhoisanLanguageIn |
Namibia
→
|
| ISO639-3Code |
naq
→
|
| isTaughtAt |
University of Namibia (selected programs)
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|
| languageFamily |
Khoe-Kwadi
→
|
| linguisticTypology |
agglutinative language
→
|
| region |
southern Africa
→
|
| spokenBy |
Damara people
NERFINISHED
→
Nama people → |
| spokenIn |
Botswana
→
Namibia → South Africa → |
| subfamily |
Khoe
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|
| usedFor |
daily communication
→
education in some schools in Namibia → oral tradition → |
| usedInMedia |
radio broadcasting in Namibia
→
|
| usedInReligion |
Christian church services in some communities
→
|
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Nama people
→
|
ethnonym |
|
Namibia
→
|
recognizedLanguage |