Language code: hz

Technical information about ISO 639 language code hz

Technical information about hz language code (Herero) is available below.

ISO code

hz

Language

Official

Herero

Native

Otjiherero

Scripts
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Plural rules

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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

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Herero speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

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