Oshiwambo
E99877
Oshiwambo is a Bantu language (or cluster of closely related dialects) widely spoken by the Ovambo people in northern Namibia and southern Angola.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oshiwambo canonical | 20 |
| Oshimbaanhu | 1 |
| Oshimbalantu | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu language
ⓘ
Southern Bantu language ⓘ language cluster ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Herero language ⓘ |
| countryOfficialStatus | recognized national language of Namibia ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAssociated | Ovambo people ⓘ |
| glottologCode | kwan1272 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Oshiwambo languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Oshiwambo dialect cluster
Ovambo language ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole | primary language of Ovambo cultural identity ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Oshikolonghadhi
ⓘ
Oshikwambi ⓘ Oshikwanyama ⓘ Oshiwambo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Oshimbaanhu
Oshiwambo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Oshimbalantu
Oshindali ⓘ Ovambo ⓘ
surface form:
Oshindonga
Oshikwanyama ⓘ
surface form:
Oshingandjera
|
| hasMorphologicalFeature | noun class system ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | tone language ⓘ |
| hasStandardVariety |
Oshikwanyama
ⓘ
Oshindonga ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | basic SVO word order ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | ndo ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Atlantic–Congo languages
ⓘ
Bantoid languages ⓘ Bantu languages ⓘ Benue–Congo languages ⓘ Niger–Congo languages ⓘ |
| partOf | Namibian indigenous languages ⓘ |
| region | Ovamboland ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Ovambo people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Angola
ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion |
northern Namibia
ⓘ
Angola ⓘ
surface form:
southern Angola
|
| subgroupOf |
Southwest Bantu
ⓘ
surface form:
Southwestern Bantu languages
|
| usedAs | lingua franca in northern Namibia ⓘ |
| usedBy | millions of speakers ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Christian church services in Ovambo communities
ⓘ
education in northern Namibia ⓘ radio broadcasting in Namibia ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Oshimbalantu
this entity surface form:
Oshimbaanhu