Oshiwambo language resources

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Language: Oshiwambo

Population of Groups Speaking

1,507,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

Scripture Status

Complete Bible

Audio Bible

Not Available

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Map Notes

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People Group ▲	Country	Population	Progress Scale
Kwanyama	Angola	809,000	5 ●
Kwanyama, Oshiwambo	Namibia	698,000	5 ●
Totals: 2			0 ●

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Photo	People Group ▲	Country	Population	Progress Scale
	No reported people groups speaking this as secondary language
	Totals: 0			0 ●

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	kua
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Complete Bible
Progress Scale	●

Language Alternate Names
Cuanhama
Humba
Kuanjama
Kuanyama
Kwancama
Kwanjama
Kwanyama
Ochikwanyama
Oshikuanjama
Oshikwanyama
Oshiwambo Ndonga
Otjiwambo
Ovambo
Owambo
Oxikuanyama
Wambo

Dialects
Kwanyama
Mbadja
Mbandja

Dialect Alternate Names
Kuanyama
Kwanyama: Mbandja
Mbanja
Ovambo: Kwanjama
Ovambo: Kwanyama
Ovambo: Mbandja

Bible Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1894-1960
New Testament	1927
Complete Bible	1974-2012

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Format ▲	Resource (Direct link)	Source (General link)
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching	Global Recordings Network
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio	Jesus Film Project
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Oshiwambo	Jesus Film Project
Film / Video	Walking with Jesus video	Jesus Film Project
General	Bible for Children	Bible for Children
General	Gospel resources links	Scripture Earth
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: Oshiwambo	YouVersion Bibles

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

Disclaimers:

Joshua Project data is drawn from many sources and of varying accuracy depending on source and editorial decisions. Populations are scaled to the current year. Other data may have varying ages. We welcome updates.
Joshua Project occasionally adjusts profile text from third party sources. This is done to avoid confusion regarding the current reality of a people group, to fix grammar and spelling and to avoid potentially offensive wording.
A displayed zero can mean true zero, a very small rounded number or sometimes unknown. Blanks mean an unknown value.
Data is not as precise as it appears. Values for %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical (which determine unreached status) are often informed estimates, some more accurate than others. We recommend against using %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical to calculate absolute numbers.
Joshua Project makes every effort to ensure that the subject in an image is in fact from the specific people group. In rare instances a representative photo may be used.
Joshua Project may be able to provide more information than what is published on this site. Please contact us.
On-the-ground reality may vary from what is presented here. Before making travel plans based on data presented here, please confirm with other sources to the extent possible.

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