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ISO 639-3 · kwmkwm
Niger–Congo family

Kwambi

Kwambi is a language of the Southwest Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Namibia.

5 · Developing
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
kwm
Glottocode
kwam1251
Wikipedia
4 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
11levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameKwambi
Also calledKwambi dialect

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Kwambi

The branches above Kwambi, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern Bantoidbranch458Bantubranch133Central-Western Bantubranch35Njilabranch11Kavango – Southwest Bantubranch9Southwest BantubranchkwmKwambilanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Namibia26 languages in the index

Also spoken in Namibia

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalafrAfrikaansIndo-European · 7.2 m1 · NationalumbUmbunduNiger–Congo · 6 m3 · Wider CommunicationtsnTswanaNiger–Congo · 4.5 m1 · NationallozLoziNiger–Congo · 600,0004 · EducationalnaqKhoekhoeKhoisan · 250,0004 · EducationalmhwMbukushuNiger–Congo · 49,7106a · VigorousktzJuǀʼhoansiKhoisan · 33,6004 · EducationalyeyYeyiNiger–Congo · 24,0006b · ThreatenedaueǂKxʼauǁʼeinKhoisan · 7,000