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Naro (also Nharo) is a Khoe language spoken in the Ghanzi District of Botswana and in eastern Namibia, where it is sometimes called Nharo. There are about 14,000 speakers: 10,000 in Botswana (2004 Cook) and 4000 in Namibia (1998 Maho). This makes it probably the most populous of the Tshu-Khwe languages. Naro is a trade language among speakers of different Khoisan languages in the Ghanzi District. There is currently a dictionary of the Naro language.
[edit] Dialects
- ǀAmkwe
- ǀAnekwe
- Gǃinkwe
- ǃGingkwe
- Gǃokwe
- Qabekhoe or Qabekho or ǃKabbakwe
- Tsʼaokhoe or Tsaukwe or Tsaokhwe
- Tserekwe
- Tsorokwe
- Nǀhai-ntseʼe or Nǁhai or Tsʼao
[edit] Naro Language Project
The Naro Language Project is a project currently being undertaken by the Reformed Church in D'kar that aims to describe, and develop an understanding of, the Naro language, increase literacy by teaching Naro speakers to read and write their language, and translate the Bible into Naro. The project was started in the 1980s. The Naro language project has, as of 2007, translated 70% of the Bible into the Naro language.
[edit] Bibliography
- Visser, Hessel (2001) Naro dictionary: Naro-English, English-Naro. Gansi, Botswana: Naro Language Project. ISBN 99912-938-5-X
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