Kxoe language

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Kxoe is a Khoisan dialect continuum of Namibia, Angola, Botswana, South Africa, and a few in Zambia, with some 11,000 speakers. It is learned locally as a second language in Namibia. There is currently a dictionary of the Kxoe language.

Contents 1 User breakdown 2 Dialects 3 See also 4 Bibliography 5 External links

[edit] User breakdown

Namibia: approx. 4,000
Angola: 800
Botswana: 5,000
South Africa: approx. 1,100
Zambia: approx. 100

[edit] Dialects

• Khoe-dam or Khwe or Xun or Huhwe
• ǁXo-kxoe
• ǁXom-kxoe
• Buma-kxoe
• Buga-kxoe or -khwe
• ǁAni or ‖Ani-kxoe or |Anda or Tsʼéxa or Tannekwe or Gani-khwe or various combinations of Handá + kwe + dam.

[edit] See also

• ǁAni

[edit] Bibliography

• Kilian-Hatz, Christa (2003) Khwe dictionary (with a supplement on Khwe place names by Matthias Brenzinger). Köln: Rüdiger Köppe. ISBN 3-89645-083-2

[edit] External links

• The Ethnologue Report for Kxoe
• The Ethnologue Report for ǁAni

Khoisan languages  (classification)	Edit
ǁAni | Gǁana | Gǀwi | Hadza | ǂHõã | Juǀʼhoan | Korana | ǃKung (ǃXũũ) | Kwadi | ǂKxʼauǁʼein | Kxoe | Nama | Naro | Nǀu | Sandawe | Seroa | Shua | Tsoa | ǀXam | ǁXegwi | Xiri | ǃXóõ