Ndonga, also called Oshindonga, is a Bantu language spoken in Namibia and some parts of Angola. It is a standardized dialect of the Ovambo language, and is mutually intelligible with Kwanyama, the other Ovambo dialect with a standard written form. With 281,500 speakers, the language has the largest number of speakers in Namibia.
Martti Rautanen translated the Bible into the Ndonga standard.
Oshinonga uses a five-vowel system:
Oshinonga contains the following consonant phonemes:
Oshinonga also contains many consonant compounds, listed below:
Nightwing has stirred and taken to flight
The silence is over, he's shattered the night
No other hunter has the power or the grace
He is the master of this place
Tell every creature of the night
The kill is around the bend
So listen my friend
Nightwing flies again, oh, oh
They say he comes for those whose souls are weak
And call his name upon the wind
The night is cold and thick with mystery
Oh, I can feel his beating wings
Tell every creature of the night
The kill is around the bend
Nightwing flies again, yeah
Tell every creature of the night, yes
The kill is around the bend
Nightwing flies again, oh
Nightwing has stirred and taken to flight
The silence is over, he's shattered the night
Life ain't for giving and forgiving ain't free
No soul will rest while the hunted run free
So tell every creature of the night, yes
The kill is around the bend
Ooh, listen my friend