Oshiwambo

E99877

Bantu language Southern Bantu language language cluster

Oshiwambo is a Bantu language (or cluster of closely related dialects) widely spoken by the Ovambo people in northern Namibia and southern Angola.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bantu language → Southern Bantu language → language cluster →
closelyRelatedTo	Herero language →
countryOfficialStatus	recognized national language of Namibia →
ethnicGroupAssociated	Ovambo people NERFINISHED →
glottologCode	kwan1272 →
hasAlternativeName	Oshiwambo dialect cluster → Ovambo language →
hasCulturalRole	primary language of Ovambo cultural identity →
hasDialect	Oshikolonghadhi → Oshikwambi → Oshikwanyama → Oshimbaanhu → Oshimbalantu → Oshindali → Oshindonga → Oshingandjera →
hasMorphologicalFeature	noun class system →
hasPhonologicalFeature	tone language →
hasStandardVariety	Oshikwanyama NERFINISHED → Oshindonga →
hasSyntacticFeature	basic SVO word order →
iso639-3Code	ndo →
languageFamily	Atlantic–Congo languages NERFINISHED → Bantoid languages → Bantu languages → Benue–Congo languages NERFINISHED → Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED →
partOf	Namibian indigenous languages →
region	Ovamboland →
spokenBy	Ovambo people NERFINISHED →
spokenIn	Angola → Namibia →
spokenInRegion	northern Namibia → southern Angola →
subgroupOf	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 →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Oshiwambo ("Oshimbalantu") → Oshiwambo ("Oshimbaanhu") →	hasDialect
Nama →	hasNeighboringContactLanguages
Atlantic–Congo languages →	includesLanguage
Walvis Bay →	language
Oshana Region →	languageSpoken
Namibia →	recognizedLanguage