Ochiherero

E441706

Ochiherero is the Bantu language spoken by the Herero people of Namibia and surrounding regions.

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Label Occurrences
Ochiherero canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Oshiwambo
Setswana (more distantly)
glottologCode here1253
hasAlternativeName Herero
Otjiherero
linked to: Herero language
hasApproximateSpeakers 250000
hasBasicWordOrder SVO
hasBibleTranslation Herero Bible
hasDialect Mbanderu
Zemba
hasEthnologueEntry Herero
hasLoanwordsFrom Afrikaans
English
German
hasNativeName Otjiherero
linked to: Herero language
hasOrthographyStandardized 20th century
hasPhonologicalFeature noun class system
tone
hasStandardForm Standard Herero
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
iso639-1Code hz
iso639-2Code her
languageBranch Bantu
linked to: Bantu languages
languageFamily Niger-Congo
partOf Bantu languages
Niger-Congo languages
primaryCountry Namibia
region Southern Africa
regulatedBy Namibian Ministry of Education (for school use)
spokenBy Herero people
linked to: Herero
spokenIn Angola
Botswana
Namibia
subfamilyOf Southwest Bantu languages
linked to: Southwest Bantu
usedFor daily communication
education in some schools in Namibia
radio broadcasting in Namibia
usedIn Christian church services in Namibia
Herero cultural ceremonies

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Herero hasAlternativeName Ochiherero