Language code: hz
Technical information about ISO 639 language code hz
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The table below provides technical details for the Herero language, designated by the hz code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Herero Native Otjiherero |
| Family | Bantu |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Central HereroMbanderu (Eastern Herero)Himba (North-Western Herero) |
| Related languages | KuvaleNdombeUmbunduKimbundu |
| Key facts | Bantu language classified in Guthrie zone R.30Keeps a rich noun-class system with about 20 classesWritten in a Latin-based orthography standardized by German missionaries in the 1890sUses contrastive tone: high vs low and downstepSpoken chiefly by semi-nomadic cattle-herders, so vocabulary is especially rich in terms for cattle colours and horn shapes |
| Sample phrase | Tjike! Ove nawa tje? |
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Herero belongs to the Niger-Congo language family, more specifically to the Bantu subgroup. It is used mostly in the Kunene, Omaheke, and Otjozondjupa regions in Namibia. It is written using the Latin script. It is estimated that there are more than 250,000 speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
Speakers
230K
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Herero speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
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- What is Localizely?
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- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
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- Supported file formats
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- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ