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    written standards are Kwanyama and Ndonga. The native name for the language is Oshiwambo (also written Oshivambo), which is also used specifically for the...
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    English among the masses as the language of the campaign against apartheid. The most widely spoken languages are Oshiwambo dialects by 49% of the population;...
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  • 10,000 BC (film) (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    sound like. He also used some local African languages and their dialects, including the Oshiwambo language native to Namibia, which can be heard faintly...
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  • Namlish (category Articles containing explicitly cited English-language text)
    Herero or other tribal languages. Namlish is generally spoken by the Oshiwambo and Kavango speaking people. In the Oshiwambo language, the "l" and "r" are...
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    (Kimbundu) (3 million) North Bakongo (Kikongo) (576,800) Ovambo (Ambo) (Oshiwambo) (500,000) Luvale (Chiluvale) (500,000) Chokwe (Chichokwe) (500,000) Tswana...
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  • or that have status as a national language, regional language, or minority language. Official language A language designated as having a unique legal...
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    official language of Angola, but 46 other languages are spoken in the country, mostly Bantu languages. Portuguese is the sole official language. Due to...
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  • of the Kwanyama, Oshikwanyama being a standardized dialect of the Oshiwambo language. The resettlement of the city after the Angolan Civil War saw an influx...
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  • this village speak the Oshikwanyama and Oshindonga dialects of the Oshiwambo language. Many homesteads practice subsistence farming which serves as the...
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    Namibia (category CS1 European Portuguese-language sources (pt-pt))
    shifts since the 2011 census. Oshiwambo remains the predominant language, claiming the position of the most spoken language for a significant 49.7% of households...
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    separated, and 6% were widowed. The most commonly spoken languages at home were Oshiwambo languages, spoken in 97% of households. For those 15 years and older...
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  • Blue Birds, The Birds or Omeva (which means 'water' in the local OshiWambo language) by its die-hard supporters. The team trains at its current field...
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    (14%). Oshiwambo – 48.9% Khoekhoegowab – 11.3% Afrikaans – 10.4% Otjiherero – 8.6% RuKwangali – 8.5% Silozi – 4.8% English (official language) – 3.4%...
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  • (Afrikaans, German, and Oshiwambo are spoken regionally) Nauru (with Nauruan) New Zealand (with Māori and New Zealand Sign Language) Nigeria (with Hausa...
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  • Ng (section Language)
    networking company Ndonga dialect (ISO 639 alpha-2 ng), a dialect of Oshiwambo Ng (digraph), a pair of letters representing various sounds Ng (Arabic...
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    Ovambo people (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
    Publications. p. 717. ISBN 978-1-5063-1786-1. Ndonga, A language of Namibia; Oshiwambo, A language of Angola, Ethnologue Kaakunga, Rukee (15 October 2018)...
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  • conflict. The official languages of Namibia are English and Afrikaans, and many Namibian Americans are fluent in both languages. In the 2000 Census, 840...
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  • Namibia's national languages are German, Afrikaans, Oshiwambo, Otjiherero, Portuguese, as well as the languages of the Himba, Nama, San, Kavango and Damara.[citation...
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    Owela (category Articles containing Khoekhoe-language text)
    Owela, also referred to by the Khoekhoe language loanword ǁHus, is the Oshiwambo name of a traditional mancala board game played by the Nama people, Herero...
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  • The Namibian (category Articles containing Afrikaans-language text)
    the largest daily newspaper in Namibia. It is published in English and Oshiwambo. The newspaper was established in 1985 by journalist Gwen Lister as a...
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  • Omutumwa (category Ovambo-language mass media)
    Omutumwa (Oshiwambo: "messenger") is a bi-weekly Ovambo-language newspaper based in Windhoek, Namibia. The paper ran its first edition on 29 September...
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    Otjiwarongo (category Articles containing explicitly cited English-language text)
    35% German.[citation needed] Other languages includes indigenous languages like Otjiherero, Khoe-Khoe and Oshiwambo. Mighty Gunners FC is the town's major...
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    widowed. The most commonly spoken languages at home were Afrikaans (40% of households), Nama/Damara (26%) and Oshiwambo (23%). For those 15 years and older...
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    Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (category Articles containing Afrikaans-language text)
    National FM in 2017) and nine so-called Language Services that broadcast between 10 and 15 hours per day in Oshiwambo (Ovambo and Kwanyama; established 1969)...
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    Oshiwambo dialects, by 49% of the population, Khoekhoegowab by 11%, Afrikaans by 10%, RuKwangali by 9%, and Otjiherero by 9%. Other native languages include...
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    district capital of the Outapi electoral constituency. The language spoken there is Oshiwambo. The town normally receives an annual average rainfall of...
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  • Hans Daniel Namuhuja (category CS1 Ndonga-language sources (ng))
    He published in Oshindonga, a dialect of Oshiwambo, and was the first author to publish poetry in this language for which before only the Catechism and...
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  • List of multilingual countries and regions (category Articles with French-language sources (fr))
    Tunisian Arabic, French, Berber language, and English language. Angola: Portuguese (official language), Cokwe, Kikongo, Oshiwambo, Umbundu, Kimbundu and 32...
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  • Angolans in Namibia Regions with significant populations Northeastern Namibia, especially along the Okavango River Languages Portuguese, Oshiwambo...
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  • New Era (Namibia) (category English-language newspapers published in Namibia)
    2004. New Era is published in English and five indigenous languages: Otjiherero, Oshiwambo, Damara/Nama, Silozi, and Khwedam. New Era is published by...
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