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OVAMBO [3 records]

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Record 1 2013-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
DEF

A Bantu people inhabiting northern Namibia and southern Angola.

OBS

In Namibia, they are called Ovambo or Ovambos. In Angola, they are called Ambo.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
DEF

Peuple bantou établi au nord de la Namibie et au sud d’Angola.

OBS

Ce peuple bantou s’appelle Ovambos ou Ovambo en Namibie et Ambo en Angola.

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
OBS

One of a subdivision of Bantu languages spoken in Angola, Southwest Africa and Botswana.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
OBS

Langue bantoue parlée en Angola et Namibie.

OBS

Le k de "ociKwanyama" est en majuscule.

Spanish

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Record 3 1995-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

A Bantu language spoken by an ethnolinguistic group called in Angola, Ambo and also called Ovambo in southwestern Africa and Namibia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue bantoue parlée par un groupe ethnique appelé Ambo, en Angola et Ovambo en Namibie et au sud-ouest de l'Afrique.

Spanish

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