Kwanyama

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

Kwanyama
Oshikwanyama
Native to	Namibia and Angola
Region	Ovamboland
Native speakers	(250,000 in Namibia (2006); 420,000 in Angola cited 1993)e18
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
Guthrie code	R.21
Linguasphere	99-AUR-la

Sources

• Crane, Thera. Hai ti! A Beginner's Guide to Oshikwanyama (2004).
• Ethnologue: Languages of the World (2005). Dallas, Tex.: SIL International.
• Zimmerman, W.. Oshikwanyama Grammar (1998). Windhoek: Gamsberg Macmillan.