Language code: kj

Technical information about ISO 639 language code kj

The table below provides technical details for the Kuanyama language, designated by the kj code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

kj

Name

Official

Kuanyama

Native

Kuanyama

Family
Bantu
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Related languages
NdongaHereroUmbunduNyaneka
Key facts
Belongs to the Ovambo branch of Southwest BantuShares over 90 % lexical similarity with NdongaOrthography was first codified by Finnish missionaries in the late 19th centuryUses nine vowel qualities and prenasalized consonantsFeatures the intricate Bantu noun-class agreement system
Sample phrase

Wa uhala po, ongini?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

Kuanyama (also known as Ovambo) belongs to the Niger-Congo language family, specifically to the Bantu subgroup. It is primarily spoken in parts of Namibia and Angola and is written using the Latin script. It is estimated that there are over 1.4 million speakers worldwide.

Language presence globally

Speakers

780K

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

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