herTechnical information about ISO 639 language code her
The table below provides technical details for the Herero language, designated by the her code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Herero Native Otjiherero |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Herero ProperMbanderu |
| Related languages | HimbaKuvaleKwanyamaNdonga |
| Key facts | Belongs to the Southwest Bantu subgroup of the Niger-Congo familyNouns fall into a rich system of 18+ concord classes that control agreement across the sentenceTone is phonemic and distinguishes both lexical meaning and grammatical categoriesWritten tradition began with missionary Bible translations in the late 1800sModern orthography uses the Latin alphabet with digraphs such as ‘tj’ and ‘ok’ that reflect characteristic consonants and noun prefixes. |
| Sample phrase | Okaraone, kape nawa? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Herero language, identified by the code her, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
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