Kwanyama

Kwanyama
Oshikwanyama
Spoken in	Namibia and Angola
Region	Ovamboland
Total speakers	421,000 in Angola & over 250,000 in Namibia
Language family	Niger-Congo Atlantic-Congo Volta-Congo Benue-Congo Bantoid Southern Narrow Bantu Central Zone R Kwanyama; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-1	kj
ISO 639-2	kua
ISO 639-3	kua
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Kwanyama or Oshikwanyama is a national language of Angola and Namibia. It is a standardized dialect of the Oshiwambo language, and is mutually intelligible with Ndonga, the only other Oshiwambo dialect to have a standard written form.

[edit] References

Crane, Thera; Lindgren-Streicher, Karl; Wingo, Andy (2004). Hai ti! A Beginner's Guide to Oshikwanyama. http://wingolog.org/pub/hai-ti/hai-ti.pdf.
Gordon, Raymond, G., Jr., ed (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the World,. Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=kua.
Zimmerman, W.; Hasheela, P. (1998). Oshikwanyama Grammar. Windhoek: Gamsberg Macmillan.

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