- Source: Kwanyama
Kwanyama or 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 the modern translation of the new testament, the New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures in Kwanyama in 2019, both printed and electronic online version.
Phonology
/t/ and /d/ are dentalized when followed by a front vowel /i/. An /s/ sound can only occur in loanwords.
Tones
Kwanyama has two tones : high and low.
References
Bibliography
Crane, Thera; Lindgren-Streicher, Karl; Wingo, Andy (2004). Hai ti! A Beginner's Guide to Oshikwanyama (PDF).
Halme, Riikka (2004). A Tonal Grammar of Kwanyama. pp. 12-18.
Zimmerman, W.; Hasheela, P. (1998). Oshikwanyama Grammar. Windhoek: Gamsberg Macmillan.
Further reading
Turvey, B. H. C. (1977) Kwanyama-English Dictionary; compiled by B. H. C. Turvey; edited by W. Zimmermann and G. B. Taapopi. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press ISBN 0854943153 (based on the work compiled by George Tobias & Basil Henry Capes Turvey, 1954)
External links
Language map of Namibia
Grammar and vocabulary (in Spanish)
PanAfrican L10n page on Kwanyama
Omalinjongameno Ōngeleka. (Services of the Church in Kwanyama Authorised for Use in the Diocese of Damaraland, 1957) digitized by Richard Mammana 2015
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Angola
- Suku Ovambo
- Dialek Ndonga
- Daftar Wikipedia
- Daftar bahasa nasional dan bahasa resmi di dunia
- Daftar bahasa menurut ISO 639-2
- Loango-Angola Belanda
- Kwanyama
- Ovambo language
- Bundling (tradition)
- Ovambo people
- Angola
- Sekele language
- Mandume ya Ndemufayo
- List of Wikipedias
- Ndonga
- List of ISO 639 language codes
