Kuanyama
Kwanyama
Kuanyama is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Namibia and Angola, by about 247 thousand people.
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Kwanyama (Portuguese: Cuanhama) is a national language of Angola and Namibia. It is a standardized dialect of the Ovambo language, and is mutually intelligible with Oshindonga, 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. Jehovah's Witnesses released a translation of the new testament, the New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures in Kwanyama in 2019, both printed and electronic online version.
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Words in Kuanyama
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | nhu* | |
| name | dina* | |
| eye | So* | |
| ear | twi* | |
| nose | yulu* | |
| tooth | yo* | |
| tongue | laka* | |
| blood | honde* | |
| bone | kipa* | |
| skin | ipa* | |
| knee | Nolo* | |
| breast | vele* | |
| liver | xuli* | |
| water | omeva | |
| fire | ndilo* | |
| sun | taNo* | |
| star | 5ofi* | |
| stone | ma5a* | |
| mountain | dudu* | |
| tree | ti* | |
| leaf | fo* | |
| night | ufiku* | |
| dog | ombwa | |
| fish | Si* | |
| horse | onghambe | |
| louse | na* | |
| one | mwe* | |
| two | vali* | |
| drink | nwa* | |
| see | mona* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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