Gǀui dialect
Khoe dialect of Botswana / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gǀui or Gǀwi (pronounced /ˈɡwiː/ GWEE in English, and also spelled ǀGwi, Dcui, Gcwi, or Cgui) is a Khoe dialect of Botswana with 2,500 speakers (2004 Cook). It is part of the Gǁana dialect cluster, and is closely related to Naro. It has a number of loan words from ǂʼAmkoe. Gǀui, ǂʼAmkoe, and Taa form the core of the Kalahari Basin sprachbund, and share a number of characteristic features, including extremely large consonant inventories.
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Gǀui | |
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Pronunciation | [ᶢǀúi] |
Native to | Botswana |
Ethnicity | 1,500 Gǀui (2013)[1] |
Native speakers | 1,500 (2013)[1] 1,500 all Gǁana dialects (2011)[2] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | gwj |
Glottolog | gwii1239 |
ELP | |Gui |
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