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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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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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There are eight dialects, including the two written standards
Kwanyama and Ndonga. Oshiwambo culture is more dominant in the northern part of the country.
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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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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
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2403:
1700:
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1400:
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126:
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appear to have originally been exonyms. Despite extensive speculation, their origin remains unknown.
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many towns, particularly in the south, where there are jobs in the mining industry. For example, in
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is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.
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514:
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1224:
385:
31:
1503:
1337:
319:
2046:
1598:
1593:
1523:
1322:
1299:
1269:
1229:
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590:, an 18-hour drive from Ovamboland, at least 50% of the population speaks Oshiwambo.
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during colonial rule, which cut through the
Oukwanyama tribal area, placing some in
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Maho (2009) lists the following as distinct languages in the Ovambo cluster:
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English publications from
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1424:Languages of Angola
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832:Western Ovamboland
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639:Owambo kingdoms are
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944:Translation
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780:O-ngandjera
515:Proto-Bantu
117:BenueāCongo
101:NigerāCongo
2487:Nhlangwini
2463:Old Mfengu
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1935:Ndengereko
1509:Kung-Ekoka
1438:Portuguese
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1270:Rukwangali
1265:Otjiherero
1092:2021-03-11
1025:Ethnologue
1011:Ethnologue
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983:Ethnologue
969:Ethnologue
952:References
921:Kwaluudhi
904:Dombondola
838:Oukwanyama
809:O-mbalantu
755:Ovamboland
727:(*wa-, a-)
692:noun class
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619:Ovamboland
611:Ovamboland
598:The names
572:Portuguese
552:Ovamboland
546:Ovamboland
511:Otjiherero
423:English:
255:Variously:
2603:varieties
2594:indicate
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:Oshiwambo
2658:Category
2292:Korekore
2182:Mbalanhu
2140:Kwanyama
1854:Manganja
1599:Mbukushu
1594:Mbangala
1529:Kwanyama
1524:Kwangali
1494:Kimbundu
1275:Setswana
1230:Kwanyama
964:Kwanyama
895:Mbalanhu
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
2235:Herero
2206:Esinga
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
2039:[P311
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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1634:Nyengo
1624:Nsongo
1619:Nkumbi
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1569:Luimbi
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1514:Kuvale
1484:Ibinda
1474:Herero
1459:Chokwe
1295:Kuhane
1247:German
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907:Esinga
886:Kafima
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635:Owambo
604:Ovambo
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360:People
352:Person
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186:Ndonga
147:Owambo
74:Owambo
60:Angola
44:Owambo
2575:Lenge
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2540:Ronga
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2398:Sotho
2390:S32b
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2366:S31b
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2198:R217
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2186:R215
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2174:R213
2170:Evale
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2117:Kwisi
2115:R102
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1982:Mwera
1941:Ruihi
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1846:N31b
1840:N31a
1800:N121
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1766:Ngoni
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1654:Zemba
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1534:Lunda
1519:Kwadi
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1499:Kongo
1280:Zemba
889:Evale
858:Eunda
700:Area
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132:Bantu
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2522:Tswa
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2493:Lala
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2322:Ndau
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2150:R23
2144:R22
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2097:R13
2091:R12
2085:R11
2041:Koti
2033:P34
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
1899:N46
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
633:and
613:and
602:and
600:Ambo
594:Name
574:and
566:and
518:*ki-
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475:and
416:The
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2514:S50
2431:S40
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2337:S20
2284:S10
2264:Yei
2256:R40
2227:R30
2132:R20
2079:R10
2009:P30
1976:Yao
1968:P20
1927:P10
1895:Rue
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1834:N30
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1752:N10
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