Kwanyama dialect

Kwanyama or Oshikwanyama is a national language of Angola and Namibia. It is a standardized dialect of the Ovambo language, and is mutually intelligible with Ndonga, the other Ovambo dialect with a standard written form.

The entire Christian Bible has been translated into Kwanyama and was first published in 1974 under the name Ombibeli by the South African Bible Society.^[1]

References

• Crane, Thera; Lindgren-Streicher, Karl; Wingo, Andy (2004). Hai ti! A Beginner's Guide to Oshikwanyama. http://wingolog.org/pub/hai-ti/hai-ti.pdf. 
• Gordon, Raymond, G., Jr., ed (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the World,. Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=kua. 
• Zimmerman, W.; Hasheela, P. (1998). Oshikwanyama Grammar. Windhoek: Gamsberg Macmillan. 

1. ^ Ombibeli, 1974, front page

External links

• Basic Grammar
• Language map of Namibia
• Grammar and vocabulary (Spanish)
• PanAfrican L10n page on Kwanyama