Harshen Ovambo

Harshen **Ovambo** (Turanci: /ɒˈvæmboʊ/) yare ne da Mutanen Ovambo ke magana a kudancin Angola da arewacin Namibia, wanda ka'idodin rubuce-rubuce sune Kwanyama da Ndonga .

Sunan asalin yaren shine *Oshiwambo* (wanda aka rubuta *Oshivambo*), wanda kuma ake amfani dashi musamman ga yarukan Kwanyama da Ndonga. Ita ce mafi girman yaren yankin da ake magana a Namibia,  musamman daga Mutanen Ovambo.

Harshen yana da alaƙa da na Herero da Himba, Harshen Herero (*Otjiherero*). Alamar kusanci a bayyane ita ce prefix da aka yi amfani da ita don sunayen harshe da yaren, Proto-Bantu **ki-* (aji 7, kamar yadda yake cikin sunan yaren Swahili, *Kiswahili*), wanda a cikin Herero ya samo asali zuwa *Otji-* kuma a cikin Ovambo ya ci gaba zuwa *Oshi-*.

## Tarihi
Bayan samun 'yancin Namibia a shekarar 1990, an raba yankin da ake kira Ovamboland zuwa yankunan Ohangwena, Omusati, Oshana da Oshikoto. Yawan jama'a, wanda aka kiyasta tsakanin 700,000 da 750,000, yana canzawa sosai. Wannan ya faru ne saboda iyakar da mulkin mallaka na Portugal da Jamus suka tsara a lokacin mulkin mallaka, wanda ya ratsa yankin kabilar Oukwanyama, ya sanya wasu a Angola da wasu a Namibia. Wannan yana haifar da motsi na kan iyaka na yau da kullun.

Akwai kusan masu magana  Oshiwambo miliyan daya a Namibia da Angola. Kodayake galibi ana magana da shi a yankunan arewacin Namibia, yawancin ma'aikatan ƙaura daga Ovamboland suna magana da shi sosai a duk faɗin ƙasar. Wadannan ma'aikata sun hada da babban bangare na yawan jama'a a garuruwa da yawa, musamman a kudu, inda akwai ayyuka a masana'antar hakar ma'adinai. Misali, a Lüderitz, motar awa 18 daga Ovamboland, akalla kashi 50% na yawan jama'a suna magana da Oshiwambo.

## Sunan
Sunayen *Ambo* da *Ovambo* sun bayyana sun kasance sunaye ne. Duk da hasashe mai yawa, asalin su ba a sani ba.

Hukumomin mulkin mallaka na Jamus sun kira kasar *Ov*Amboland**' da Amboland. A cikin Turanci, ''Ovamboland'' ya fi yawa, kodayake ana amfani da ''Ƙasar Ambo'' a wasu lokuta, kuma a cikin wallafe-wallafen Ingilishi daga [[Namibiya|Namibia]], **'Owambo*, Wamboland,* da Owambo ana ganin su. Hanyoyin da ke cikin yankin sune *Masarautun Owambo sune* Ndonga, Kwanyama da Kwambi

Ana kiran mutane da *Ov*Ambo**' ko Ambo a Turanci. Hanyoyin da ke cikin yankin sune ''Aawambo'' (Ndonga) da ''Ovawambo'' (Kwanyama); ɗayan a lokuta biyu shine ''Omuwambo'' . Harshen ana kiransa ''Ovambo, Ambo,'' ko **'Oshiwambo** a cikin Turanci; sunan da ke cikin duka biyun shine Oshiwamb . 

## Ƙabilun Ovambo da yaruka
Akwai yaruka takwas, gami da ka'idojin rubuce-rubuce guda biyu Kwanyama da Ndonga. Ovambo yanzu galibi suna bin tauhidin Kirista, bukukuwan addu'a da bukukuwa, amma wasu ayyukan addini na gargajiya sun ci gaba, kamar amfani da wuta mai tsarki.  kuma kira mahaliccin su mafi girma Kalunga. Don haka, Ovamba sun fi son wani nau'i na Kiristanci kuma al'adun Oshiwambo sun fi rinjaye a arewacin kasar.

Tebur mai zuwa ya ƙunshi sunaye, yankuna, sunayen yaren da wuraren kabilun Ovambo bisa ga T. E. Tirronen's Ndonga-English Dictionary. Teburin kuma  ƙunshi bayani game da wane nau'in suna na Proto-Bantu kalmomin suna cikin su.

Maho (2009) ya lissafa wadannan a matsayin harsuna daban-daban a cikin rukuni na Ovambo: 

* Kwanyama
** Kafima
** Evale
** Mbandja
** Mbalanhu
** Ndongwena
** Kwankwa
** Dombondola
** Esinga
* Ndonga
* Kwambi
* Ngandjera
* Kwaluudhi
** Kolonkadhi-Eunda

## Misali rubutu a cikin Ovambo (Kwanyama)
*Omupangi umwe okwa li a nyeka nge embo olo, ndele ta gaba oshipalanyole shalo, nokupula nge ta kondjifa ngeenge ohandi ka ninga umwe womEendombwedi daJehova ile hasho.*

Wata ma'aikaciyar jinya ta kwace ni littafin, ta kalli bangon, kuma ta bukaci in san ko zan zama ɗaya daga cikin Shaidun Jehobah.

## Manazarta

## Haɗin waje

* Shafin PanAfrican L10n akan Oshiwambo