DISTRIBUTION OF MAJOR LANGUAGE GROUPS IN URBAN AND RURAL

AREAS, BY REGIONS

Data ID

Description:

Proportion of people speaking each language in urban areas and rural areas in each region

Chapter:

Additional data

File name:

languages per 13 region from 91 census

File type:

Excel file

Geographical area:

Namibia

Keywords:

language

people

Notes on data, analysis and

Equivalent to Figure 6.08, but data are amalgamated into the 13 regions and not the 27 old districts. Based largely on

compilation:

information collected during the 1991 Population and Housing Census conducted by the Central Statistics Office.

Languages were grouped as follows: Caprivian (Totela, Subiya, Fwe and Siyeyi), San (Kung, Hei//om, Kxoe), Kavango

(Gciriku - also called Rumanyo, Shambyu, Kwangali, Mbunza, Thimbukushu), Oshiwambo (Ndonga, Kwanyama, Kwambi,

Eunda, Mbandja, Mbalantu, Ngandgera, Kwaluudhi, Kolonkadhi, and Others (Afrikaans, German, English, Portuguese)

Data quality and organisation

Positional Accuracy:

Data at regional level

Vector/Raster:

Vector

Source/Distribution

Data Source:

1991 Population and Housing Census

Contact:

Central Statistics Office

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted