The Kavango – Southwest Bantu languages are a group of Bantu languages established by Anita Pfouts (2003). The Southwest Bantu languages constitute most...
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Bantu language spoken by 85,000 people along the Kavango River in Namibia, where it is a national language, and in Angola. It is one of several Bantu...
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The Bantu languages (English: UK: /ˌbænˈtuː/, US: /ˈbæntuː/ Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a language family of about 600 languages that are spoken by the Bantu...
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(Also Diriku, Dirico, Manyo or Rumanyo), is a Bantu language spoken by 305,000 people along the Kavango River in Namibia, Botswana and Angola. 24,000...
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is a Bantu language of Zambia. It was assigned by Guthrie to Bantu group K.30, which Pfouts (2003) established as part of the Kavango–Southwest branch...
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Bantu language of Angola. It was assigned by Guthrie to Bantu group R.10, which apart from Umbundu Pfouts (2003) established as part of the Kavango–Southwest...
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become the standard for identifying Bantu languages; it was a practical way to distinguish many ambiguously named languages before the introduction of ISO...
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Bantu language of Zambia and Angola. It was assigned by Guthrie to Bantu group K.30, which Pfouts (2003) established as part of the Kavango–Southwest...
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and Ovambo and other Bantu languages. This variant of German is called variously Südwesterdeutsch (German südwest, southwest, referring to the country's...
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model HMAS Tobruk (L 50), Royal Australian Navy ship Kavango – Southwest Bantu languages, Bantu language List of Toyota transmissions, Toyota transmission...
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Herero (Otjiherero) is a Bantu language spoken by the Herero and Mbanderu peoples in Namibia and Botswana, as well as by small communities of people in...
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Hakaona (Hakawona, Havakona) is a Bantu language of Angola and Namibia. Until perhaps Anita Pfouts (2003), it was considered a dialect of Herero. Maho...
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concerning which noun class of Proto-Bantu the words belong to. Maho (2009) lists the following as distinct languages in the Ovambo cluster: Kwanyama Kafima...
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Nyaneka or Haneca is a Bantu language of Angola. The Ngambwe "dialect" is now considered a distinct language. SAMPLE TEXT Okulikuambela apeho,” oyo onkhalelo...
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Ngambwe is a Bantu language of Angola. Until perhaps Anita Pfouts (2003), it was considered a dialect of Nyaneka. Bantu Classification Archived 2012-06-24...
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South West Africa (redirect from Southwest Africa)
groups: Herero, Coloureds, Baster, Tswana, Damara, Ovambo, Caprivians, Nama, Kavango, San, and Whites. However, the largest freedom movement, SWAPO, was not...
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Nkumbi, Humbe, or Khumbi, is a Bantu language of Angola. Nkumbi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated...
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Kwanyama dialect (redirect from Kuanyama language)
Kwanyama or Cuanhama is a national language of Angola and Namibia. It is a standardized dialect of the Ovambo language, and is mutually intelligible with...
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Namibia (category CS1 European Portuguese-language sources (pt-pt))
surpassing its previous standing. The Nama/Damara Languages follow at 11.0%, while the Kavango Languages, with a share of 10.4%, have also experienced a...
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Zemba or Dhimba is a Bantu language spoken mainly in Angola where the language has about 18,000 speakers, and also in Namibia with some 7,000. It is closely...
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Ndonga dialect (redirect from Ndonga language)
called Oshindonga, is a Bantu dialect spoken in Namibia and parts of Angola. It is a standardized dialect of the Ovambo language, and is mutually intelligible...
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from Bantu Zone R.30 to Zone R.10, which includes Umbundu and a few smaller languages. Ngendelengo may be a distinct language. Kuvale language at Ethnologue...
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List of Indigenous peoples (section Southwest)
Tswa–Ronga languages people Tsonga Ronga Tswa Venda people Shona people Chopi people Chopi Guitonga Chewa people Yeyi people Kavango languages people Ovambo...
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Kwambi dialect (redirect from Kwambi language)
phonological differences. For example, grammatical forms associated with Bantu noun class 7 consistently have an affricate in Kwambi where Ndonga has a...
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João dos Santos, visiting Monomatapa in 1597 reported it as Zambeze (Bantu languages frequently shifts between z and r) and inquired into the origins of...
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Angolan Civil War (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
residual groups still exist, by a massive influx of Bantu people who came from the north and east. The Bantu influx began around 500 BC, and some continued...
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the decision inspired the bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Ovambo-Kavango Church to draw up an open letter to Vorster denouncing apartheid and South...
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