Standard Ndonga

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Standard Ndonga is the codified literary and official form of the Ndonga dialect of the Ovambo language, used primarily in Namibia and Angola.

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Label Occurrences
Standard Ndonga canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf standardized language
written standard
belongsToMacroLanguage Ovambo
closelyRelatedTo Kwanyama
Ovambo language varieties
hasDialectBasis Ndonga
hasGlottocode ndon1254
hasISO639-3Code ndo
hasLinguasphereCode 99-AUS-mc
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative language
hasPhonologicalFeature tone language
hasStandardizationCenter Namibia
hasWordOrder SVO
isCodifiedFormOf Ndonga dialect
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Standard Kwanyama
linked to: Kwanyama
isOfficialFormOf Ndonga dialect
languageFamily Bantu languages
Niger–Congo languages
partOf Ovambo language
region northern Namibia
southern Angola
standardizationStatus codified
subclassOf Ndonga dialect
usedAs language of instruction in some Namibian schools
usedByEthnicGroup Ndonga people
Ovambo people
usedFor official communication in some regions of Namibia
usedIn Angola
Namibia
usedInDomain Bible translations
education in Namibia
mass media in northern Namibia
religious literature
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Ovambo hasStandardVariety Standard Ndonga
Ovambo language hasStandardVariety Standard Ndonga