Kwambi dialect
| Kwambi | |
|---|---|
| Oshikwambi | |
| Native to | Namibia and Angola |
| Region | Ovamboland |
Native speakers | 33,000 (2006) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kwm |
| Glottolog | kwam1251 |
R.23 | |
Kwambi or Otshikwambi is a dialect of the Ovambo language spoken by the Kwambi tribe in Northern Namibia. Unlike Ndonga and Kwanyama it does not have a standardized written form in schools but is used and written in the Roman Catholic Church in Namibia. It shares more features with Ndonga than with Kwanyama.