Kwanyama Bible

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The Kwanyama Bible is a translation of the Christian scriptures into the Kwanyama dialect of the Ovambo language, used primarily by Ovambo-speaking communities in Namibia and Angola.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kuanyama Bible 1
Kwanyama Bible canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bible translation
religious text
associatedWith Angolan Christianity
Namibian Christianity
Ovambo people
basedOn Christian Bible
linked to: Bible
contains New Testament
Old Testament
function language preservation
liturgical use
missionary work
genre religious literature
hasPart Epistles
Gospels
Pentateuch
linked to: Torah

Prophetic books
Psalms
hasTranslationOf Biblical laws
Biblical letters
Biblical narratives
Biblical poetry
Biblical prophecy
influences Kwanyama Christian vocabulary
Kwanyama religious discourse
language Kwanyama
languageFamily Bantu languages
Ovambo language
medium oral reading
print
religion Christianity
script Latin alphabet
subject Christian ethics
Christian theology
God
Jesus Christ
targetAudience Kwanyama speakers
Ovambo Christians
textType poetry
prose
usedBy Ovambo-speaking communities
usedFor Christian worship
evangelism
personal devotion
religious education
usedIn Angola
Namibia

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Referenced by (2)

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

Ovambo hasBibleTranslation Kwanyama Bible
Kuanyama language hasBibleTranslation Kuanyama Bible
linked to: Kwanyama Bible