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.

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[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

[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

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