Kgalagadi language

Kgalagadi
Kalahari
sheKgalagadi
Native to Botswana, South Africa, Namibia
Native speakers
 40,000 (2004)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 xkv
Glottolog kgal1244[2]
S.311 (ex-S.31d)[3]
Linguasphere 99-AUT-eh incl. varieties 99-AUT-eha to 99-AUT-ehc

Kgalagadi (Kalahari) is one of the Bantu languages spoken in Botswana, along the South African border and in Namibia. It is spoken by about 40,000 people.[1] In the language, it is known as Shekgalagari, pronounced [ʃɛkxalaxaɾi].

Classification

Kgalagadi (also rendered Kgalagari, Kgalagarhi, Kgalagari, Khalagari, Khalakadi, Kxhalaxadi, Qhalaxarzi, Shekgalagadi, Shekgalagari) is most closely related to Tswana, and until recently was classified as a dialect of Tswana.[3]

Dialects include Shengologa, Sheshaga, Shebolaongwe, Shelala, Shekhena, Sheritjhauba and Shekgwatheng.

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 Kgalagadi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Kgalagadi". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. 1 2 Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online


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