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Language code: ng

Technical information about ISO 639 language code ng

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

Code

ng

Name

Official

Ndonga

Native

Owambo

Family
Bantu
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Central NdongaEastern NdongaWestern Ndonga
Related languages
KwanyamaNgandjeraHerero
Key facts
Phonemic tone exists but is normally not writtenThe language keeps the characteristic Bantu noun-class system, with more than ten singular-plural pairingsA complete Bible translation appeared in 1927, giving Ndonga one of the longest written traditions among Ovambo varietiesOrdinary clause order is Subject-Verb-Object, though topicalisation can move elements to the frontOrthography is Latin-based and adds accented vowels (á, ǫ, ê, etc.) to mark vowel quality and length.
Sample phrase

Wa uhala po, ongiini?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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Ndonga belongs to the Niger-Congo language family, specifically to the Bantu subgroup. It is spoken in parts of Namibia and Angola and is written using the Latin script. It is estimated that there are more than 800,000 speakers worldwide.

Language presence globally

Speakers

Namibia

279K

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

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