Oukwanyama ( Uukwanyama in the neighbouring Oshindonga dialect) is a traditional kingdom of the Ovambo people in what is today northern Namibia and southern Angola . Its capital is Oihole . They caused one of the biggest defeats in Portuguese colonial history at the Battle of the Cunene in 1904.
3-449: The Oukwanyama Kingdom and King Mandume Museum is located at Omhedi . They speak the Kwanyama dialect . The list of Oukwanyama kings, their kingdoms and estimated reigning time consists of; This Namibia -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kwanyama dialect Kwanyama or Cuanhama is a national language of Angola and Namibia . It is
6-598: A standardized dialect of the Ovambo language , and is mutually intelligible with Oshindonga , the other Ovambo dialect with a standard written form. The entire Christian Bible has been translated into Kwanyama and was first published in 1974 under the name Ombibeli by the South African Bible Society. Jehovah's Witnesses released the modern translation of the new testament , the New World Translation of
9-521: The Christian Greek Scriptures in Kwanyama in 2019, both printed and electronic online version . /t/ and /d/ are dentalized when followed by a front vowel /i/. An /s/ sound can only occur in loanwords. Tones Kwanyama has two tones : high and low. This Bantu language -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Angola -related article
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