386:
397:
585:
There are approximately one million
Oshiwambo speakers in Namibia and Angola. Though it is mainly spoken in the northern regions of Namibia, it is widely spoken across the rest of the country by populations of migrant workers from Ovamboland. These workers comprise a large part of the population in
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402:
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399:
403:
400:
1722:
1715:
939:
Omupangi umwe okwa li a nyeka nge embo olo, ndele ta lesha oshipalanyole shalo, nokupula nge ta kondjifa ngeenge ohandi ka ninga umwe womEendombwedi daJehova ile hasho.
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2637:
2632:
2627:
2622:
1708:
398:
1185:
1414:
683:
There are eight dialects, including the two written standards
Kwanyama and Ndonga. Oshiwambo culture is more dominant in the northern part of the country.
2611:
1736:
329:
1056:
141:
136:
490:), which is also used specifically for the Kwanyama and Ndonga dialects. It is the largest spoken local language in Namibia, particularly by the
570:. The population, estimated at between 700,000 and 750,000, fluctuates remarkably. This is because of the indiscriminate border drawn up by the
1158:
1125:
1178:
948:
A nurse grabbed the book from me, looked at the cover, and demanded to know whether I was going to become one of
Jehovah's Witnesses.
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686:
The following table contains the names, areas, dialect names and the locations of the Ovambo dialects according to T. E. Tirronen's
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Edhina
Ekogidho ā Names as Links: The Encounter between African and European Anthroponymic Systems among the Ambo People in Namibia
1044:
1171:
106:
2492:
1400:
2568:
126:
116:
111:
100:
2504:
2498:
2456:
1700:
2663:
1064:
215:
209:
1783:
239:
233:
35:
1342:
1759:
1643:
1365:
575:
385:
2602:
2052:
1194:
606:
appear to have originally been exonyms. Despite extensive speculation, their origin remains unknown.
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586:
many towns, particularly in the south, where there are jobs in the mining industry. For example, in
2486:
1940:
1934:
1824:
1423:
1381:
2379:
1789:
1437:
1224:
31:
1503:
1337:
1086:
2614:
is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.
2046:
1598:
1593:
1523:
1322:
1299:
1269:
1229:
1121:
571:
456:
304:
121:
2327:
2175:
2139:
2098:
2034:
2016:
1999:
1993:
1987:
1946:
1882:
1818:
1771:
1684:
1669:
1628:
1608:
1528:
1468:
1463:
1284:
1208:
1111:
845:
555:
521:
472:
426:
293:
263:
180:
2533:
2527:
2480:
2373:
2367:
2361:
2309:
2303:
2246:
2234:
2110:
2104:
2092:
2058:
1958:
1952:
1870:
1732:
1689:
1674:
1648:
1633:
1623:
1618:
1603:
1578:
1573:
1568:
1563:
1538:
1513:
1473:
1458:
1294:
1274:
1264:
1246:
1234:
567:
506:
131:
92:
2595:
2574:
2562:
2539:
2474:
2468:
2450:
2438:
2421:
2415:
2409:
2403:
2397:
2391:
2385:
2344:
2315:
2297:
2291:
2240:
2151:
2145:
2122:
2028:
2022:
1981:
1876:
1853:
1847:
1841:
1801:
1795:
1777:
1765:
1653:
1638:
1613:
1588:
1583:
1543:
1533:
1518:
1498:
1279:
1256:
769:
748:
559:
476:
283:
273:
185:
319:
2657:
2545:
2521:
2444:
2263:
2040:
1906:
1900:
1894:
1888:
1488:
1478:
1453:
1357:
1347:
1327:
1304:
590:, an 18-hour drive from Ovamboland, at least 50% of the population speaks Oshiwambo.
563:
498:
491:
460:
73:
578:
during colonial rule, which cut through the
Oukwanyama tribal area, placing some in
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2321:
2116:
1975:
1332:
1289:
513:). An obvious sign of proximity is the prefix used for language and dialect names,
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1508:
587:
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1019:
1010:
1005:
996:
991:
982:
977:
968:
963:
837:
779:
754:
691:
551:
545:
873:
Maho (2009) lists the following as distinct languages in the Ovambo cluster:
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225:
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288:
278:
268:
258:
1493:
761:
17:
2086:
1558:
1553:
1314:
1163:
740:
626:
468:
409:
390:
63:
1392:
1116:
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and others in
Namibia. This results in regular cross-border movement.
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851:
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59:
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After
Namibia's independence in 1990, the area previously known as
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Narrow Bantu languages by
Guthrie classification zone templates
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1087:"Universal Declaration of Human Rights ā Oshiwambo (Ndonga)"
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690:. The table also contains information concerning which
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is sometimes used, and in
English publications from
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672:in English; the endonym in both standards is
8:
1110:. Helsinki: SKS Finnish Literature Society.
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694:of Proto-Bantu the words belong to.
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652:in English. The endemic forms are
528:), which in Herero has evolved to
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1159:PanAfrican L10n page on Oshiwambo
1106:Saarelma-Maunumaa, Minna (2003).
850:Northern and Eastern Ovamboland,
934:Sample text in Ovambo (Kwanyama)
637:are seen. The endemic forms are
520:(class 7, as in the name of the
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337:R.20 (R.21ā24,211ā218,241ā242)
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688:Ndonga-English Dictionary
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609:The country was called
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1366:Namibian Sign Language
631:Owamboland, Wamboland,
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32:Ambo language (Zambia)
1257:Other Bantu languages
1061:New African Frontiers
621:predominates, though
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112:VoltaāCongo languages
1195:Languages of Namibia
1825:Mwera of Mbamba Bay
1424:Languages of Angola
1375:Immigrant languages
1218:Recognized regional
1067:on January 30, 2009
832:Western Ovamboland
818:Western Ovamboland
804:Western Ovamboland
790:Central Ovamboland
774:Central Ovamboland
639:Owambo kingdoms are
137:Kavango ā Southwest
2457:(Northern) Ndebele
1447:National languages
1057:"Namibia ā People"
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1431:Official language
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1202:Official language
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1117:10.21435/sflin.11
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733:(*ki > oshi-)
717:(*ny > on-),
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568:Oshikoto Regions
522:Swahili language
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95:
41:
21:
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2664:Ovambo language
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2579:
2550:
2509:
2426:
2349:
2332:
2268:
2251:
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2127:
2063:
2053:Lomwe of Malawi
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1911:
1858:
1829:
1806:
1802:Ngoni of Malawi
1740:
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787:Otshi-ngandjera
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28:
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11:
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780:O-ngandjera
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101:NigerāCongo
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2463:Old Mfengu
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1935:Ndengereko
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1270:Rukwangali
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1025:Ethnologue
1011:Ethnologue
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952:References
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904:Dombondola
838:Oukwanyama
809:O-mbalantu
755:Ovamboland
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692:noun class
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611:Ovamboland
598:The names
572:Portuguese
552:Ovamboland
546:Ovamboland
511:Otjiherero
423:English:
255:Variously:
2603:varieties
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2380:Khalaxadi
2212:Kwaluudhi
2188:Ndongwena
2158:Ngandyera
1790:Ndendeule
1549:Oshiwambo
1242:Afrikaans
1225:Oshiwambo
1020:Ngandjera
918:Ngandjera
898:Ndongwena
883:Kwanyama
864:Oshi-unda
766:Aa-kwambi
762:Uu-kwambi
753:Southern
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721:(uu-/ou-)
715:Classes 9
709:Location
670:Oshiwambo
556:Ohangwena
526:Kiswahili
488:Oshivambo
484:Oshiwambo
371:Oshiwambo
313:Glottolog
305:Ngandjera
250:ISO 639-3
226:ISO 639-2
202:ISO 639-1
70:Ethnicity
50:Oshiwambo
18:Oshivambo
2658:Category
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2182:Mbalanhu
2140:Kwanyama
1854:Manganja
1599:Mbukushu
1594:Mbangala
1529:Kwanyama
1524:Kwangali
1494:Kimbundu
1275:Setswana
1230:Kwanyama
964:Kwanyama
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706:Dialect
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658:Ovawambo
615:Amboland
588:LĆ¼deritz
473:Kwanyama
368:Language
355:Omuwambo
320:ndon1253
294:Mbalanhu
264:Kwanyama
181:Kwanyama
2592:Italics
2546:Hlengwe
2328:Kalanga
2316:Karanga
2304:Manyika
2194:Kwankwa
2176:Mbandja
2099:Nyaneka
2087:Umbundu
1988:Makonde
1947:Matumbi
1883:Nyungwe
1819:Tumbuka
1772:Matengo
1731:Narrow
1685:Chinese
1670:English
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1609:Ngambwe
1559:Lingala
1554:Umbundu
1469:Hakaona
1464:Gciriku
1315:Khoisan
1305:Shiyeyi
1285:Gciriku
1209:English
1071:May 16,
901:Kwankwa
892:Mbandja
741:Ondonga
731:Class 7
725:Class 2
654:Aawambo
627:Namibia
560:Omusati
540:History
469:Namibia
410:Namibia
391:Namibia
376:Country
64:Namibia
2573:[S611
2544:[S511
2534:Tsonga
2528:Gwamba
2481:Phuthi
2461:[S401
2422:Pulana
2410:Kutswe
2402:[S301
2392:Lobedu
2374:Ngwatu
2368:Kgatla
2362:Tswana
2298:Zezuru
2277:Zone S
2239:[R311
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2164:Kafima
2162:[R211
2152:Kwambi
2146:Ndonga
2111:Kuvale
2109:[R101
2105:Khumbi
2093:Ndombe
2072:Zone R
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2047:Sakati
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2000:Mabiha
1994:Ndonde
1959:Mbunga
1953:Ngindo
1920:Zone P
1905:[N441
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1842:Nyanja
1823:[N201
1788:[N101
1745:Zone N
1690:Romani
1680:Arabic
1675:French
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1624:Nsongo
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1514:Kuvale
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1474:Herero
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1247:German
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604:Ovambo
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360:People
352:Person
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186:Ndonga
147:Owambo
74:Owambo
60:Angola
44:Owambo
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2398:Sotho
2390:S32b
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2170:Evale
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2115:R102
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1982:Mwera
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1840:N31a
1800:N121
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1534:Lunda
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1280:Zemba
889:Evale
858:Eunda
700:Area
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2091:R12
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2027:P33
2021:P32
2015:P31
1998:P25
1992:P24
1986:P23
1980:P22
1974:P21
1957:P15
1951:P14
1945:P13
1939:P12
1933:P11
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1893:N45
1889:Sena
1887:N44
1881:N43
1875:N42
1869:N41
1848:Cewa
1817:N21
1782:N15
1776:N14
1770:N13
1764:N12
1758:N11
1644:Sama
1489:Khwe
1479:Holu
1454:Bolo
1348:Kxoe
1333:ĒXĆ³Ćµ
1328:Naro
1122:ISBN
1073:2009
861:Unda
650:Ambo
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613:and
602:and
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594:Name
574:and
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475:and
416:The
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2284:S10
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2132:R20
2079:R10
2009:P30
1976:Yao
1968:P20
1927:P10
1895:Rue
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