Herero
Otjiherero
Herero is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Namibia, Angola, and Botswana, by about 237 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Herero (Otjiherero) is a Bantu language spoken by the Herero and Mbanderu peoples in Namibia and Botswana, as well as by small communities of people in southwestern Angola. There were 250,000 speakers in these countries between 2015 and 2018.
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Words in Herero
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | omukazendu | |
| person | ndu* | |
| name | na* | |
| eye | eho | |
| ear | twi* | |
| nose | yuru* | |
| tooth | yo* | |
| tongue | raka* | |
| hand | kE* | |
| blood | bi4du* | |
| bone | tupa* | |
| skin | kova* | |
| knee | goro* | |
| breast | vErE* | |
| liver | huri* | |
| water | omeva | |
| fire | riro* | |
| sun | yuva* | |
| star | 5osE* | |
| rain | ombura | |
| stone | wE* | |
| mountain | dundu* | |
| tree | ti* | |
| leaf | yao* | |
| night | tuku* | |
| dog | bwa* | |
| fish | hunju* | |
| louse | na* | |
| one | mwE* | |
| two | vari* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- KwangaliAtlantic-Congo55% alike
- Diriku-ShambyuAtlantic-Congo55% alike
- Central WamboAtlantic-Congo52% alike
- KuanyamaAtlantic-Congo48% alike
- NdongaAtlantic-Congo44% alike
- KwambiAtlantic-Congo43% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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