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Ovambo language

The Ovambo (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}English: /ɒˈvæmboʊ/) language or Oshiwambo, also known as the Namibian language,[citation needed] is a dialect cluster spoken by the Ovambo people…

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Ovambo tribes and dialects

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Ethnicity
Owambo
Glottolog
ndon1253
Guthrie code
R.20 (R.21–24,211–218,241–242)
ISO 639-3
Variously: kua – Kwanyama ndo – Ndonga kwm – Kwambi lnb – Mbalanhu (Central Wambo) nne – Ngandjera
Language family
Atlantic–CongoVolta–Congo languagesBenue–CongoBantoid languagesSouthern BantoidBantuKavango – SouthwestSouthwest BantuOwambo · Volta–Congo languagesBenue–CongoBantoid languagesSouthern BantoidBantuKavango – SouthwestSouthwest BantuOwambo · Benue–CongoBantoid languagesSouthern BantoidBantuKavango – SouthwestSouthwest BantuOwambo · Bantoid languagesSouthern BantoidBantuKavango – SouthwestSouthwest BantuOwambo · Southern BantoidBantuKavango – SouthwestSouthwest BantuOwambo
Native speakers
(1,441,000 cited 1990)

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Ovambo tribes and dialects

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Ovambo language

Nodes26
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Triples18
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.076923
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Ovambo language

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Language family · 9
Ovambo language → Atlantic–CongoVolta–Congo languagesBenue–CongoBantoid languagesSouthern BantoidBantuKavango – SouthwestSouthwest BantuOwambo, Bantoid languagesSouthern BantoidBantuKavango – SouthwestSouthwest BantuOwambo, BantuKavango – SouthwestSouthwest BantuOwambo, Benue–CongoBantoid languagesSouthern BantoidBantuKavango – SouthwestSouthwest BantuOwambo, Kavango – SouthwestSouthwest BantuOwambo, Owambo, Southern BantoidBantuKavango – SouthwestSouthwest BantuOwambo, Southwest BantuOwambo, Volta–Congo languagesBenue–CongoBantoid languagesSouthern BantoidBantuKavango – SouthwestSouthwest BantuOwambo
Standard forms · 2
Ovambo language → Kwanyama, Ndonga
Ethnicity · 1
Ovambo language → Owambo
Glottolog · 1
Ovambo language → ndon1253
Guthrie code · 1
Ovambo language → R.20 (R.21–24,211–218,241–242)
ISO 639-3 · 1
Ovambo language → Variously: kua – Kwanyama ndo – Ndonga kwm – Kwambi lnb – Mbalanhu (Central Wambo) nne – Ngandjera
Native speakers · 1
Ovambo language → (1,441,000 cited 1990)
Native to · 1
Ovambo language → Angola, Namibia
Official language in · 1
Ovambo language → Namibia

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ovambo language namibia kwanyama oshiwambo ndonga angola ovamboland dialects name english also dialect spoken people written used herero country ambo

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Ovambo languageEthnicityOwambo1.00infobox
Ovambo languageGlottologndon12531.00infobox
Ovambo languageGuthrie codeR.20 (R.21–24,211–218,241–242)1.00infobox
Ovambo languageISO 639-3Variously: kua – Kwanyama ndo – Ndonga kwm – Kwambi lnb – Mbalanhu (Central Wambo) nne – Ngandjera1.00infobox
Ovambo languageLanguage familyAtlantic–CongoVolta–Congo languagesBenue–CongoBantoid languagesSouthern BantoidBantuKavango – SouthwestSouthwest BantuOwambo1.00infobox
Ovambo languageLanguage familyVolta–Congo languagesBenue–CongoBantoid languagesSouthern BantoidBantuKavango – SouthwestSouthwest BantuOwambo1.00infobox
Ovambo languageLanguage familyBenue–CongoBantoid languagesSouthern BantoidBantuKavango – SouthwestSouthwest BantuOwambo1.00infobox
Ovambo languageLanguage familyBantoid languagesSouthern BantoidBantuKavango – SouthwestSouthwest BantuOwambo1.00infobox
Ovambo languageLanguage familySouthern BantoidBantuKavango – SouthwestSouthwest BantuOwambo1.00infobox
Ovambo languageLanguage familyBantuKavango – SouthwestSouthwest BantuOwambo1.00infobox
Ovambo languageLanguage familyKavango – SouthwestSouthwest BantuOwambo1.00infobox
Ovambo languageLanguage familySouthwest BantuOwambo1.00infobox
Ovambo languageLanguage familyOwambo1.00infobox
Ovambo languageNative speakers(1,441,000 cited 1990)1.00infobox
Ovambo languageNative toAngola, Namibia1.00infobox
Ovambo languageOfficial language inNamibia1.00infobox
Ovambo languageStandard formsKwanyama1.00infobox
Ovambo languageStandard formsNdonga1.00infobox

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