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Ovambo language


Name	Ovambo
Nativename	Oshiwambo
States	Angola Namibia
Speakers	1.8 million (1993 � 2006)
Familycolor	Niger-Congo
Fam2	Atlantic � Congo
Fam3	Benue � Congo
Fam4	Bantoid
Fam5	Bantu
Fam6	Kavango � Southwest
Fam7	Southwest Bantu
Stand1	Kwanyama
Stand2	Ndonga
Iso1	kj
Iso2	kua
Iso1	kj � Kwanyama `ng` � Ndonga
Iso2	kua � Kwanyama `ndo` � Ndonga
Lc1	kua\|ld1=Kwanyama\|ll1=Kwanyama dialect
Lc2	ndo\|ld2=Ndonga\|ll2=Ndonga dialect
Lc3	kwm\|ld3=Kwambi\|ll3=Kwambi dialect
Lc4	lnb\|ld4=Mbalanhu\|ll4=Mbalanhu dialect
Lc5	nne\|ld5=Ngandjera\|ll5=Ngandjera dialect
Mapcaption	The distribution of Oshiwambo languages in Namibia

Ovambo language

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Ovambo or Ambo, also known as 'Oshiwambo' (which is also used specifically for the Kwanyama or Ndonga dialect), is a dialect cluster in Angola and northern Namibia, of which the written standards are Kwanyama and Ndonga.

Over half of the people in Namibia speak Oshiwambo, particularly the Ovambo people.

The language is closely related to that of the Hereros and Himba, Otjiherero. An obvious sign of proximity is the prefix used for language and dialect names, Proto-Bantu *ki- (class 7, as in Ki-swahili), which in Herero has evolved to Otji- and in Ovambo further to Oshi-.

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