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Languages of Namibia

The Linguasphere Register records 12 entries for Namibia, spread across 4 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.

12Register entries
4Sectors present
6Zones
2Language entries

0= AFRICA 5= INDO-EUROPEAN 7= SINO-INDIAN 9= TRANSAFRICAN

Register entries recorded in Namibia

CodeEntryLevelNote
08=KHOISANICZoneCovers the "Central Khoisan" grouping (part of the "wider Khoisan" hypothesis).
09=KALAHARIZoneCovers the Kalahari reference area (within the "wider Khoisan" hypothesis), composed of the "North-Khoisan" set 09-A …
51-AAA-infrançais-d'indeInner"indian french". former official language of French possessions in India; still studied and spoken by small bilingual …
51-AAA-incfrançais-de-karikalVariety
51=ROMANICZoneCovers the "Romance" or Italiano + Româneasca set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity.
52-ANORSK + FRYSKSetGERMANIC,.
52-ACFRYSK + DEUTSCHChainCONTINENTAL-WEST-GERMANIC, "frisian" + "teutonic". for note on the term "teutonic" see [52] Deutsch + Nederlands below. …
52-ACBDEUTSCH + NEDERLANDSNetGERMAN + DUTCH, deutsch + "dutch", ’teutonic’. The modern spoken and recorded idioms of this net are classified below …
52=GERMANICZoneCovers the "Germanic" or Norsk + Frysk set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity.
70=TIBETICZoneCovers the "Tibetan" or Phöke + Kinnauri set, part of the "Tibeto-Burman" affinity within the "Sino-Tibetan …
99-AUR-sgfweInner
99=BANTUICZoneCovers the "broad Bantu", "narrow Bantu + Bantoid" or Isizulu + Tiv set (the central-southern section of "old …

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