Ovambo also known as Wambo or Ambo is a dialect cluster in Angola and northern Namibia of which the written standards are Kwanyama and Ndonga.The native name is Oshiwambo which is also used specifically for the Kwanyama and Ndonga dialects. Over half of the people in Namibia speak Oshiwambo particularly the Ovambo people.The language is closely related to that of the Hereros and Himba Otjiherero.
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ISO 639-1 code
kj – Kwanyama, ng – Ndonga
ISO 639-2 code
kua ndo
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Bantu languages, Benue–Congo languages, Atlantic–Congo languages, Southern Bantoid languages
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