Share your interactive ePaper on all platforms and on your website with our embed function. Edhina ekogidho - E-thesis - Helsinki. This study on Ambo personal names also connects many people together. It was his encouragement that made me an onomastician. I would especially like to thank my Ndonga teacher Ms. My special thanks also go to Ms. I also thank Mr. I also wish to thank all the Namibians whom I interviewed for this study.
Ndonga history and culture. Namibia and South Africa, e. Ambo culture. Europeanisation of the traditional Ambo culture. Europeans, a group of Lutheran missionaries from Finland, settled in the Ambo area. Another important factor in this process was colonisation. African regime β Afrikaner origin who had Ambo employees working in their households, farms, mines, etc. The main approach will be sociolinguistic, more precisely: socio-onomastic. According to Herbert , p. This research is based on two earlier studies, both written in Finnish: an M.
Ovamboland, Namibia Saarelma-Maunumaa b. As the main focus in the M. Ambo people, including birth names, patronyms, surnames, nicknames, etc. This Ph. Rufnamen des The oldest parish register, dating back to the late 14th century, was found in Gemona, Italy. Eirola et al. Hiltunen , ; Salokoski ; Tuupainen African countries.
South Africa, even though the main thrust there has been toponymic research. Raper , p. Maho , p. For the role of the Germans in the linguistic research of Kwanyama, see Dammann p. Zimmermann wrote an M. Kwanyama nouns. All these theses were written at South African universities, and in Afrikaans. Ambo area was never one of the main areas in which the Rhenish missionaries worked. About half of the material was translated by Emil Liljeblad himself, and the other half by Mrs.
Some of the original manuscripts were also destroyed. Eirola , p. Salokoski , p. This study made use of the translations, not the original Ambo texts. All in all, Hiltunen , p. On the other hand, Salokoski , p. A linguistic analysis of these baptismal names forms an important part of this study. Christian minority, will be discussed as well. Siiskonen , p. Christian perspective e. Savola Ambo area, i. These books also deal with traditional Ambo culture e. Arbeitsgebieten der rheinischen Mission ; Welsch , ; Wulfhorst German colonial literature on the Ambo area e.
