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The Herero language is a Bantu language spoken by the Herero people primarily in Namibia and Botswana. It matters as an important part of the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Herero communities in southern Africa.
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- Instance of
- modern language
- Country
- Namibia
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- Wikimedia language code
- hz
- topic's main category
- Category:Herero language
- writing system
- Latin script
- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 237000
- native label
- Otjiherero
- indigenous to
- Omaheke Region
- P10369
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
- Commons category
- Herero language
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Encyclopedic overview
A Herero speaker, recorded in Namibia. Herero (Otjiherero) is a Bantu language spoken by the Herero and Mbanderu peoples in Namibia and Botswana, as well as by small communities of people in southwestern Angola. There were 250,000 speakers in these countries between 2015 and 2018.
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