| Gǁana | |
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| Spoken in | Botswana |
| Ethnicity | Gǁana |
| Native speakers | 2000 (2004)[1] |
| Language family |
Khoe
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gnk |
Gǁana (also spelled Gxana, Dxana, Xgana) is a Khoe dialect of Botswana with about 2000 speakers (2004 Cook). It is part of the Gǁana–Gǀwi dialect cluster, and closely related to Naro.
The double pipe at the beginning of the name "Gǁana" represents a click like the English interjection used when saying giddy-ap to a horse. For the clicks found in a related variety of Gǁana–Gǀwi, see Gǀwi.
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