Kwanyama

Kwanyama
Oshikwanyama
Native to	Namibia and Angola
Region	Ovamboland
Native speakers	(250,000 in Namibia (2006); 420,000 in Angola cited 1993)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Kavango–Southwest Southwest Bantu Ovambo Kwanyama
Language codes
ISO 639-1	kj
ISO 639-2	kua
ISO 639-3	kua
Glottolog	kuan1247
Guthrie code	R.21
Linguasphere	99-AUR-la

Kwanyama or Oshikwanyama is a national language of Angola and Namibia. It is a dialect of the Ovambo language.

Sources

• Crane, Thera; Lindgren-Streicher, Karl; Wingo, Andy (2004). Hai ti! A Beginner's Guide to Oshikwanyama (PDF).
• Gordon Jr., Raymond G., ed. (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International.
• Zimmerman, W.; Hasheela, P. (1998). Oshikwanyama Grammar. Windhoek: Gamsberg Macmillan.