Namibia Languages
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Description
English is the sole official language in Namibia but only 3% speak it as a home language.
Oshiwambo is the most common language spoken.
Afrikaans is the most widely understood national language.
Most of the white population speaks either German or Afrakaans. [1]
Languages most often spoken in Namibian households are:
- Oshiwambo - also known as Ovambo (48.9% of households)
- Khoekhoegowab - also known as Khoekhoe (11.3%)
- Afrikaans - (10.4%)
- Otjiherero - also known as Herero (8.6%)
- RuKwangali - also known as Kwangali (8.5%)
- siLozi - also known as Lozi (4.8%)
- English - (3.4%)
- German - (0.9%)
- San - (0.8%)
- other - (2.4%) [2]
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References
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Namibia," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia#:~:text=Languages, accessed 9 Apr 2022.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Languages of Namibia," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Namibia#:~:text=Languages%20most%20often%20spoken, accessed 9 Apr 2022.
Though English is the state language most people speak Ovambo Language.