Wp/ng/oshiNdonga

Oshidonga (Owambo)
Spoken in:	Namibia
Region:	Ovamboland
Total speakers:	810,000 (2006)
Language family:	Niger-Congo
Language codes:
ISO 639-1:	ng
ISO 639-2:	ndo
ISO 639-3:	ndo

Oshindonga onyapilaka yOshiwambo hali popiwa moNamibia naAngola.

oFonoloji

Uuitumbuli

Oshindonga ohashi longitha uuitumbuli wuli utano(5).

	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Mid	e	o
Open	a

Uugwedhwa

Oshindonga ohashi longitha uugwedhwa mbuka:

		Labiali	Dendali	Alveyolaru	Palatali	Velaaru	Glotali
Nasali	newi	m̥		n̥		ŋ̊
	ita newi	m		n	ɲ	ŋ
Plosiivu	newi	p		t		k	ʔ
	ita newi	b		d		g
	afriketi			ts
Frikaativu	newi	f	θ	s	ʃ	x	h
	ita newi	v	ð	z	ʒ	ɣ
Aproksimaandi	shopokati	w			j
	laterali			l

ooKlasteru lyookonsonandi:

• [m̥p], [mb], [ɱv], [n̥θ], [nð], [n̥ʃ], [n̥t], [nd], [nz], [n̥ts], [ŋk], [ŋɡ]
• [m̥pʰ], [n̥tʰ], [n̥kʰ], [m̥pʰw], [n̥tʰw], [n̥kʰw], [n̥dz], [n̥tsʰ], [ndʒ], [xw], [tsʼ]

Oontoni

Oshindonga oshina oontoni mbali: ondeendeka nakashona. ooToni itaya ndhindhilika.

oMorfoloji

Iityadhina

Oshindonga oshina oongudu tyadhina dhili omugoyi (9) :

	singularu	plurali
1	omu-	aa-
1a	-	oo-
2	omu-	omi-
3	e-	oma-
4	oshi-	ii-
5	o-	oo-
6	olu-	omalu-
7	oka-	uu-
8	uu-	omau-
9	oku-	omaku-

omiYalu

eMbo:

omwaalu	oshiHugunini shomwaalu	omwaalu onooromali
1	-mwe	yimwe
2	-ali	mbali
3	-tatu	ndatu
4	-ne	ne
5	-tano	ntano
6	-hamano	hamano
7	-heyali	heyali
8	-hetatu	hetatu
9	-	omugoyi
10	-	omulongo