30154 Herero 100000 "The 1991 census counted some 113 000 speakers of Otjiherero, which constitutes approximately eight percent of the total population of Namibia... The entire Ovaherero population can be subdivided into four main groups, namely, the central Ovaherero in central Namibia, the Kaokolanders (or western Ovaherero) in Kaokoland, the Ovambanderu (or eastern Ovaherero) in eastern Namibia and the Botswana Ovaherero. The dialect spoken by the central Ovaherero is called Central Otjiherero, or just Otjiherero as it is the basis for standardisation (that is, the norm variety). The dialect spoken by the Ovambanderu, Otjimbanderu, is assumed to have been more divergent from Central Otjiherero in the past. Partly owing to the influence of the standardisation of Central Otjiherero, the two dialects have largely converged, or rather, the distinctiveness of Otjimbanderu has suffered under the influence of the standardised Central Otjiherero... In Kaokoland there are also several Angolan immigrant groups, many of which are either Ovaherero or at least closely related to the Ovaherero, andJ they speak mutually intelligible languages or even Otjiherero dialects, including Otjitwa, Otjihakaona, Otjikuvare, Oluthimba, Olungambwe, and Otjingumbi." Few People, Many Tongues: The Languages of Namibia Off 113,000 100000