Ndonga dialect


Ndonga, also called Oshindonga, is a Bantu language spoken in Namibia and parts of Angola. It is a standardized dialect of the Ovambo language, and is mutually intelligible with Kwanyama, the other Ovambo dialect with a standard written form. With 810,000 speakers, the language has the largest number of speakers in Namibia.
Martti Rautanen translated the Bible into the Ndonga standard.

Phonology

Vowels

Oshindonga uses a five-vowel system:

Consonants

Oshindonga contains the following consonant phonemes:
Prenasalized sounds are listed below:
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Oshindonga also contains many other consonant compounds, listed below:
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