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 |
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| Standard | |
| 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 | |
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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
279K
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Ndonga speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
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- GitHub 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