Kwanyama Bible

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The Kwanyama Bible is a translation of the Christian scriptures into the Kwanyama dialect of the Ovambo language, used primarily by Ovambo-speaking communities in Namibia and Angola.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kuanyama Bible 1
Kwanyama Bible canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bible translation ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
associatedWith Angolan Christianity ⓘ
Namibian Christianity ⓘ
Ovambo people ⓘ
basedOn Christian Bible ⓘ
linked to: Bible
contains New Testament ⓘ
Old Testament ⓘ
function language preservation ⓘ
liturgical use ⓘ
missionary work ⓘ
genre religious literature ⓘ
hasPart Epistles ⓘ
Gospels ⓘ
Pentateuch ⓘ
linked to: Torah

Prophetic books ⓘ
Psalms ⓘ
hasTranslationOf Biblical laws ⓘ
Biblical letters ⓘ
Biblical narratives ⓘ
Biblical poetry ⓘ
Biblical prophecy ⓘ
influences Kwanyama Christian vocabulary ⓘ
Kwanyama religious discourse ⓘ
language Kwanyama ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
Ovambo language ⓘ
medium oral reading ⓘ
print ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
script Latin alphabet ⓘ
subject Christian ethics ⓘ
Christian theology ⓘ
God ⓘ
Jesus Christ ⓘ
targetAudience Kwanyama speakers ⓘ
Ovambo Christians ⓘ
textType poetry ⓘ
prose ⓘ
usedBy Ovambo-speaking communities ⓘ
usedFor Christian worship ⓘ
evangelism ⓘ
personal devotion ⓘ
religious education ⓘ
usedIn Angola ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ovambo → hasBibleTranslation → Kwanyama Bible ⓘ
Kuanyama language → hasBibleTranslation → Kuanyama Bible ⓘ
linked to: Kwanyama Bible