单词 | otjiherero |
释义 | Otjihereron. The Bantu language spoken by the Herero people of Namibia, Botswana, and Angola. Also called Herero.The application of Damara to this language (and its speakers) is a 19th-cent. misnomer. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [noun] > Niger-Congo > Niger-Congo proper languages > Kwa family > Bantu languages > Herero Otjiherero1855 Herero1862 1855 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 25 96 I have..given the corresponding terms in the Otjiherero (Damara) and the Chylimanse. 1871 J. Mackenzie Ten Years North of Orange River 494 Otyiherero (Damara). 1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 732/2 By their language (Otyiherero) the Herero belong to the great Bantu family. 1910 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 358/1 They call themselves Ovaherero and their language Otshi-herero. 1977 C. F. Voegelin & F. M. Voegelin Classif. & Index World's Langs. 71 Herero = Otjiherero = Otyiherero, Ds also Cimba = Himba = Timba = Simba, Mbandieru 25,000. 1996 B. F. Grimes Ethnologue (ed. 13) 321 Herero (Ochiherero, Damara) 141,000 in Namibia..; 18,000 in Botswana. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1855 |
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