Herero

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Herero is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Herero people of Namibia and neighboring countries.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Herero people 9
Herero canonical 7
Ovaherero people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
human language
belongsTo Herero linguistic cluster
linked to: Herero language
closelyRelatedTo Kuanyama language
Ovambo language
countryWithOfficialRecognition Namibia
ethnicGroupAssociated Herero people
linked to: Herero
geneticClassification Atlantic-Congo languages
Bantu languages
Benue-Congo languages
Niger-Congo languages
Southern Bantoid languages
linked to: Southern Bantoid
glottologCode here1253
hasAlternativeName Ochiherero
Otjiherero
linked to: Herero language
hasApproximateSpeakers hundreds of thousands of speakers
hasBibleTranslation yes
hasDialect Mbanderu
Otjiherero
linked to: Herero language

Zemba
hasLanguageRegulator Namibian language policy bodies
hasMorphologicalFeature prefixal noun classes
rich verbal morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature noun class system
tone
hasStandardizedOrthography yes
iso639-1Code hz
iso639-2Code her
iso639-3Code her
languageFamily Bantu
linked to: Bantu languages
linguisticTypology agglutinative language
majorityLanguageFor Herero people in central Namibia
primarySpeakers Herero people
linked to: Herero
region Southern Africa
spokenIn Angola
Botswana
Namibia
statusInNamibia national language
subfamily Southwest Bantu languages
linked to: Southwest Bantu
usedAlongside Afrikaans in Namibia
linked to: Afrikaans

English in Namibia
usedFor daily communication
oral literature
traditional ceremonies
usedIn education in Namibia
radio broadcasting in Namibia
writingSystem Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

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

Namibia recognizedLanguage Herero
Nama people relatedGroup Herero people
linked to: Herero
Herero primarySpeakers Herero people
linked to: Herero
Herero ethnicGroupAssociated Herero people
linked to: Herero
Ovambo closelyRelatedTo Herero
Adolf Lüderitz associatedWithEthnicGroup Ovaherero people
linked to: Herero
Kunene Region ethnicGroup Herero
Herero and Namaqua genocide targetedGroup Herero people
linked to: Herero
Southwest Bantu usedBy Herero people
linked to: Herero
Hambukushu people relatedEthnicGroup Herero people
linked to: Herero
Nama people neighboringGroups Herero people
subject linked to: Nama/Damara
linked to: Herero
Otjozondjupa Region hasEthnicGroup Herero people
linked to: Herero
Omaheke Region hasEthnicGroup Herero people
linked to: Herero