Hakaona language explained

Hakaona
Nativename:Havakona
States:Angola, Namibia
Speakers:?
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Benue–Congo
Fam4:Southern Bantoid
Fam5:Bantu
Fam6:Kavango–Southwest
Fam7:Southwest Bantu
Iso3:none
Glotto:none
Guthrie:included in R.311

Hakaona (Hakawona, Havakona) is a Bantu language of Angola and Namibia. Until perhaps Anita Pfouts (2003), it was considered a dialect of Herero.[1]

Maho (2009) sets up a Northwest Herero language, which includes Zimba; from the map, it would appear to include Himba and Hakaona as well.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/history/ehret/kinship/BantuClassification%204-09.pdf Bantu Classification