What is Herero language?
{{Infobox Language |name=Herero |nativename=Otjiherero |states={{NAM}}<br>{{BWA}} |region=[[Kunene Region|Kunene]], [[Omaheke]] and [[Otjozondjupa]] in Namibia; [[Ghanzi District|Ghanzi]] in Botswana |speakers=237,000 |iso1=hz |iso2=her |iso3=her |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=[[Atlantic-Congo languages|Atlantic-Congo]] |fam3=[[Benue-Congo languages|Benue-Congo]] |fam4=[[Bantoid languages|Bantoid]] |fam5=[[Southern Bantoid languages|Southern Bantoid]] |fam6=[[Bantu languages|Bantu]] |fam7=[[Central Bantu]] |fam8=[[Guthrie classification of Bantu languages#Zone R|Zone R.30]] }} {{Infobox ethnonym||Ovaherero|Otjiherero}} The '''Herero language''' (Herero: ''Otjiherero'') is a [[Bantu languages|Bantu language]] of the [[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]] group. It is spoken by the [[Herero people]] in [[Namibia]] and [[Botswana]]. There are about 237,000 Herero speakers in both countries, 206,000 in Namibia and the rest in Botswana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/her|title=Herero|website=Ethnologue}}</ref> The language is spoken in an area called ''Hereroland''. This area includes the regions of [[Omaheke]], [[Otjozondjupa]], and [[Kunene]]. The [[Himba]] people, who are related to the Herero people, speak a [[dialect]] that is very close to Herero. A large [[minority]] of people in [[Windhoek]] (the capital of Namibia) speak Herero. The Herero language is written in the [[Latin alphabet]]. The first written work in Herero was a translation of the [[Bible]] by [[missionary]] Gottlieb Viehe (1839-1901). Father Peter Heinrich Brincker (1836-1904), another missionary, translated several religious works and songs into Herero. Herero is taught in Namibian schools and at the [[University of Namibia]]. It is one of the six minority languages used in [[broadcast]]s by the [[Namibian State Radio]] (NBC). Gamsberg Macmillan, {{As of|2008|lc=on}}, has published the only dictionary in Herero. ==Bibliography== * Brincker, Peter Heinrich (1886, 1964). ''Wörterbuch und