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The most widely spoken languages are Oshiwambo dialects by 49% of the population, then Khoekhoegowab by 11%; Afrikaans by 10%; RuKwangali by 9%; Otjiherero by 9%, and Silozi by 4.71%. [3] Other languages include the Bantu languages Setswana, Gciriku, Fwe, Kuhane, Mbukushu, Yeyi; and the Khoisan Naro, ǃXóõ, Kung-Ekoka, ǂKxʼauǁʼein and ...
Examples of German language on signs in Namibia. Namibia is a multilingual country in which German is recognised as a national language. While English has been the sole official language of the country since 1990, in many areas of the country, German enjoys official status at a community level. [1] A national variety of German is also known as ...
Afrikaans is an official language of the Republic of South Africa and a recognised national language of the Republic of Namibia. Post-apartheid South Africa has seen a loss of preferential treatment by the government for Afrikaans, in terms of education, social events, media (TV and radio), and general status throughout the country, given that ...
Namlish (a portmanteau of the words Namibian and English) is a form of English spoken in Namibia. [1] The term was first recorded in 1991. [2]English is the country's official language since independence in 1990.
The Haiǁom, who had spoken a Juu language, later shifted to Khoekhoe. The name for the speakers, Khoekhoen, is from the word khoe "person", with reduplication and the suffix -n to indicate the general plural. Georg Friedrich Wreede was the first European to study the language, after arriving in ǁHui!gaeb (later Cape Town) in 1659. [citation ...
German family in Keetmanshoop, 1926. Today, English is the country's sole official language, but about 30,000 Namibians of German descent (around 2% of the country's overall population) and possibly 15,000 black Namibians (many of whom returned from East Germany after Namibian independence) still speak German or Namibian Black German, respectively. [1]
Gciriku is a traditional Kavango kingdom in what is today Namibia. Its people speak the Gciriku language. The Gciriku (Rugciriku: vaGciriku) are one of the many ethnic groups in Namibia with a population of 50,529 as of 2023. [1] The Gciriku mainly live in Ndiyona Constituency, Kavango East. A small number of Gciriku live in the southern part ...
Namibian Black German, also NBG, (German: Küchendeutsch, "kitchen German") is a pidgin language of Namibia that derives from standard German. [1] It is nearly extinct. [2] It was spoken mostly by Namibians who did not learn standard German during the period of German rule.