What is Kwanyama?
{{Infobox language |name=Kwanyama |nativename=Oshikwanyama |states=[[Namibia]] and [[Angola]] |region=[[Ovamboland]] |speakers=250,000 in Namibia (2006);<br>420,000 in Angola |date=1993 |ref=e18 |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo]] |fam3=[[Volta-Congo]] |fam4=[[Benue–Congo]] |fam5=[[Bantoid]] |fam6=[[Southern Bantoid]] |fam7=[[Bantu languages|Bantu]] |fam8=[[Kavango–Southwest]] |fam9=[[Southwest Bantu]] |fam10=[[Ovambo language|Ovambo]] |iso1=kj |iso2=kua |iso3=kua |glotto=kuan1247 |glottorefname=Kuanyama |lingua = 99-AUR-la |guthrie=R.21 }} '''Kwanyama''' or '''''Oshikwanyama''''' is a [[national language]] of [[Angola]] and [[Namibia]]. It is a [[dialect]] of the [[Ovambo language]]. ==References== {{reflist}} == Sources == *{{cite book |last=Crane |first=Thera |last2=Lindgren-Streicher|first2=Karl |last3 =Wingo|first3=Andy |year=2004 |title=Hai ti! A Beginner's Guide to Oshikwanyama |url= http://wingolog.org/pub/hai-ti/hai-ti.pdf}} *{{cite book |editor-last=Gordon Jr.|editor-first=Raymond G.|year=2005 |title=Ethnologue: Languages of the World |others=Fifteenth edition |location= Dallas, Tex. |publisher=SIL International |url= http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=kua}} *{{cite book |last1=Zimmerman|first1=W. |last2= Hasheela|first2=P.|year=1998 |title= Oshikwanyama Grammar |location=Windhoek |publisher=Gamsberg Macmillan}} {{stub}} [[Category:Languages of Namibia]] [[Category:Languages of Angola]] [[Category:Bantu languages]]