Ndonga dialect

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Ndonga
OshiNdonga
Native to	Namibia and southern Angola
Region	Ovamboland
Native speakers	810,000 (2006)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Kavango–Southwest Southwest Bantu Ovambo Ndonga
Language codes
ISO 639-1	`ng`
ISO 639-2	`ndo`
ISO 639-3	`ndo`
Guthrie code	`R.22`^[2]
Linguasphere	`05-PEA-aa`

Ndonga, also called OshiNdonga, is a Bantu language spoken in Namibia and some parts of Angola. It is a standardized dialect of the Ovambo language, and is mutually intelligible with Kwanyama, the other Ovambo dialect with a standard written form.

Martti Rautanen translated the Bible into the Ndonga standard.^[3]

References

Ndonga dialect test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator

v t e Languages of Angola

Official	Portuguese

National	Ju Kimbundu Kongo Kung Kwadi Kwanyama Lunda Ndonga Ngangela Oshiwambo Portuguese Umbundu Yauma

Native	Bolo Diriku Holu Khwe Kilari Kisikongo Kung-Ekoka Kwadi Kwangali Lingala Lucazi Luimbi Lunda Luvale Luyana Maligo Mashi Mbangala Mbukushu Mbwela Ndombe Ngandyera Nkangala Nkumbi Nyaneka Nyemba Nyengo !O!ung Ruund Sama Songo Umbundu Yaka Yauma Yombe Zemba

Dialects	Côkwe Minungo Ulanda Ukhongo Holu Yeci Khwe Buma-Kxoe Kikongo South Kongo South-West Kongo West Kongo Ibinda Cabindan Fiote Fioti Ndingi Mboka Kisikongo Kizombo Kindibu Kimanyanga Cabinda Kiwoyo Cabinda Kiyombe Mbundu Njinga Ginga Jinga Mbamba Kimbamba Bambeiro Mbaka Ambaquista Ngola Portuguese Benguelense Huambense Luandense Southern Kwadi Zorotua Vasorontu Kwangali Sambyu Shisambyu Sambiu Sambio Lucazi Ngangela Luyana Kwandi Mbowe Esimbowe Mdundulu Ndundulu Imilangu Mishulundu Mashi North Kwandu South Kwandu Mbangala Mbangala Yongo Ngandyera Kwambi Nkumbi Nkumbi-mulondo Nyaneka Humbe Mwila Olumuila Muila Huila Ngambwe Olungambwe Handa Cipungu Cilenge Oshiwambo Kwanyama Ndonga Kwambi Mbadja Umbundu Mbalundu Yaka Ngoongo Yombe Mbala Mumbala Vungunya Kivungunya Yombe Classico

v t e Languages of Namibia

Official	English

Recognized regional	Oshiwambo (Kwanyama/Ndonga) Afrikaans German

Other Bantu languages	Otjiherero Rukwangali Setswana Zemba Gciriku Fwe Kuhane Thimbukushu Shiyeyi

Khoisan	Nama/Damara Naro ǃXóõ Kung-Ekoka ǂKxʼauǁʼein Kxoe

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