Herero language

Person	Omu-; OmuHerero, OmuHimba, OmuMbanderu
People	Ova-; OvaHerero, OvaHimba, OvaMbanderu
Language	Otji-; OtjiHerero, OtjiHimba, OtjiMbanderu

Herero
Herero
Otjiherero
Native to	Namibia, Botswana, Angola
Region	Kunene, Omaheke Region and Otjozondjupa Region in Namibia; Ghanzi in Botswana; Namibe, Huíla and Cunene in Angola
Ethnicity	Herero, Himba, Mbanderu, Tjimba, Kwisi, Twa
Native speakers	250,000 (2015–2018)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Kavango – Southwest Bantu Southwest Bantu Herero (R.30) Herero; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Himba; Kuvale; Zemba (Thimba, Otjizemba); Hakawona (Otjihakawona); Botswana Herero;
Writing system	Latin (Herero alphabet); Herero Braille
Language codes
ISO 639-1	hz Herero
ISO 639-2	her Herero
ISO 639-3	her Herero
Glottolog	here1253 Herero
Guthrie code	R.30 (R31,311,312); R.101 (Kuvale)
ELP	Herero
	The disparate distribution of the Herero language in Namibia, showing the concentration of Herero speakers on the Kalahari boundary in the east, as well as the outlying Herero-speaking Himba people of the Kaokoveld in the far north-west.

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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