kids encyclopedia robot

Kwanyama facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Quick facts for kids
Kwanyama
Oshikwanyama
Native to Namibia and Angola
Region Ovamboland
Native speakers 420,000 in Angola in 1993,
250,000 in Namibia in 2006  (date missing)
Language family
Niger–Congo
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Benue–Congo
      • Bantoid
        • Bantu
          • Kavango–Southwest
            • Southwest Bantu
              • Ovambo
                • Kwanyama
Linguasphere 05-PEA-aa

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

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Idioma kuanyama para niños

kids search engine
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Kwanyama Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.