Languages of the country

Namibia

Official language: English. Population (CLDR): 2.8 million.

Map of regions

We have not described regional languages for this country yet – the map shows the whole country in the colour of its main language.

Languages and their status

Share: the estimated part of the population that uses the language (also as a second language), according to CLDR.

LanguageStatusShare
English Official 7%
Afrikaans Widely used 75%
Kuanyama Widely used 35%
Ndonga Widely used 21%
Nama Khoekhoegowab Widely used 11%
Herero Minority 9.1%
German Deutsch Minority 0.9%
Tswana Setswana Minority 0.6%

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