Native to Namibia and Angola ISO 639-1 kj | Region Ovamboland ISO 639-2 kua | |
Native speakers 250,000 in Namibia (2006); 420,000 in Angola (1993) Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Southern Bantoid
Bantu
Kavango–Southwest
Southwest Bantu
Ovambo
Kwanyama | ||
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 Oshindonga, the other Oshiwambo dialect with a standard written form.
The entire Christian Bible has been translated into Kwanyama and was first published in 1974 under the name Ombibeli by the South African Bible Society.
References
Kwanyama dialect Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA