Herero

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Herero is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Herero people of Namibia and neighboring countries.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Herero people 9
Herero canonical 7
Ovaherero people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
human language
belongsTo Herero language
surface form: Herero linguistic cluster
closelyRelatedTo Kuanyama language
Ovambo language
countryWithOfficialRecognition Namibia
ethnicGroupAssociated Herero self-linksurface differs
surface form: Herero people
geneticClassification Atlantic–Congo languages
surface form: Atlantic-Congo languages

Bantu languages
Benue–Congo languages
surface form: Benue-Congo languages

Niger–Congo languages
surface form: Niger-Congo languages

Southern Bantoid
surface form: Southern Bantoid languages
glottologCode here1253
hasAlternativeName Ochiherero
Herero language
surface form: Otjiherero
hasApproximateSpeakers hundreds of thousands of speakers
hasBibleTranslation yes
hasDialect Mbanderu
Herero language
surface form: Otjiherero

Zemba
hasLanguageRegulator Namibian language policy bodies
hasMorphologicalFeature prefixal noun classes
rich verbal morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature noun class system
tone
hasStandardizedOrthography yes
iso639-1Code hz
iso639-2Code her
iso639-3Code her
languageFamily Bantu languages
surface form: Bantu
linguisticTypology agglutinative language
majorityLanguageFor Herero people in central Namibia
primarySpeakers Herero self-linksurface differs
surface form: Herero people
region Southern Africa
spokenIn Angola
Botswana
Namibia
statusInNamibia national language
subfamily Southwest Bantu
surface form: Southwest Bantu languages
usedAlongside Afrikaans
surface form: Afrikaans in Namibia

English in Namibia
usedFor daily communication
oral literature
traditional ceremonies
usedIn education in Namibia
radio broadcasting in Namibia
writingSystem Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

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

Namibia recognizedLanguage Herero
Nama people relatedGroup Herero
this entity surface form: Herero people
Herero primarySpeakers Herero self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Herero people
Herero ethnicGroupAssociated Herero self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Herero people
Ovambo closelyRelatedTo Herero
Adolf Lüderitz associatedWithEthnicGroup Herero
this entity surface form: Ovaherero people
Kunene Region ethnicGroup Herero
Herero and Namaqua genocide targetedGroup Herero
this entity surface form: Herero people
Southwest Bantu usedBy Herero
this entity surface form: Herero people
Hambukushu people relatedEthnicGroup Herero
this entity surface form: Herero people
Nama/Damara neighboringGroups Herero
subject surface form: Nama people
this entity surface form: Herero people
Otjozondjupa Region hasEthnicGroup Herero
this entity surface form: Herero people
Omaheke Region hasEthnicGroup Herero
this entity surface form: Herero people