6.07 DISTRIBUTION OF LANGUAGE GROUPS

Data ID

Description:

Dominant language, and language family, spoken across Namibia

Chapter:

6 People, Services and Infrastructure

File name:

Distribution of language groups

File type:

Arcview shapefile

Geographical area:

Namibia

Keywords:

language

Notes on data, analysis and

Based largely on information collected during the 1991 Population and Housing Census conducted by the Central

compilation:

Statistics Office. Each enumeration area was assigned based on the language spoken by the majority of people within it.

Data quality and organisation

Positional Accuracy:

Very generalised

Vector/Raster:

Vector

Spatial reference

Projection:

Geographic

Fields

Field name

Field description

LANGUAGE

Dominant language spoken

FAMILY

Family to which dominant language belongs

Source/Distribution

Data Source:

1991 Population and Housing Census

Contact:

Central Statistics Office

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted