Herero

E98566

Bantu language human language

Herero is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Herero people of Namibia and neighboring countries.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Herero people	9
Herero canonical	7
Ovaherero people	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bantu language ⓘ human language ⓘ
belongsTo	Herero language ⓘ surface form: Herero linguistic cluster
closelyRelatedTo	Kuanyama language ⓘ Ovambo language ⓘ
countryWithOfficialRecognition	Namibia ⓘ
ethnicGroupAssociated	Herero self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Herero people
geneticClassification	Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Atlantic-Congo languages Bantu languages ⓘ Benue–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Benue-Congo languages Niger–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Niger-Congo languages Southern Bantoid ⓘ surface form: Southern Bantoid languages
glottologCode	here1253 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Ochiherero ⓘ Herero language ⓘ surface form: Otjiherero
hasApproximateSpeakers	hundreds of thousands of speakers ⓘ
hasBibleTranslation	yes ⓘ
hasDialect	Mbanderu ⓘ Herero language ⓘ surface form: Otjiherero Zemba ⓘ
hasLanguageRegulator	Namibian language policy bodies ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature	prefixal noun classes ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	noun class system ⓘ tone ⓘ
hasStandardizedOrthography	yes ⓘ
iso639-1Code	hz ⓘ
iso639-2Code	her ⓘ
iso639-3Code	her ⓘ
languageFamily	Bantu languages ⓘ surface form: Bantu
linguisticTypology	agglutinative language ⓘ
majorityLanguageFor	Herero people in central Namibia ⓘ
primarySpeakers	Herero self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Herero people
region	Southern Africa ⓘ
spokenIn	Angola ⓘ Botswana ⓘ Namibia ⓘ
statusInNamibia	national language ⓘ
subfamily	Southwest Bantu ⓘ surface form: Southwest Bantu languages
usedAlongside	Afrikaans ⓘ surface form: Afrikaans in Namibia English in Namibia ⓘ
usedFor	daily communication ⓘ oral literature ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ
usedIn	education in Namibia ⓘ radio broadcasting in Namibia ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

Namibia → recognizedLanguage → Herero ⓘ

Southern Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Herero ⓘ

Atlantic–Congo languages → includesLanguage → Herero ⓘ

Nama → hasNeighboringContactLanguages → Herero ⓘ

Nama people → relatedGroup → Herero ⓘ