6.08 DISTRIBUTION OF MAJOR LANGUAGE GROUPS IN URBAN AND RURAL

AREAS - 1991 DISTRICTS - SOURCE DATA

Data ID

Description:

Proportion of people speaking each language in urban areas and rural areas in each (old) district

Chapter:

6 People, Services and Infrastructure

File name:

Distribution of major language groups in urban and rural areas

File type:

Excel file

Geographical area:

Namibia

Keywords:

language

districts (old)

Notes on data, analysis and

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

compilation:

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 and other languages).

The data are expressed as percentages and the file is in the following format: District, language1(rural), language

2 (rural) etc., language 1 (urban), language 2 (urban) etc.

Source/Distribution

Data Source:

1991 Population and Housing Census

Contact:

Central Statistics Office

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted