ǃGãǃne language

Extinct Tuu language of South Africa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ǃGãǃne (ǃGãǃnge) is an extinct language or dialect of the ǃKwi family which was once spoken near Tsolo and in Umtata District in South Africa, south of Lesotho. It is very poorly attested, with the only material being 140 words collected from two semi-speakers in 1931.[2]

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ǃGãǃne
ǃGãǃnge
Native toSouth Africa
Regionnear Tsolo
Eraattested 1931
Tuu
  • ǃKwi
    • Eastern
      • ǃGãǃne
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologgane1238
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!Gan!ne is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Like ǁXegwi, ǃGãǃne is considered an "outlier" among the ǃKwi languages by Güldemann (2005, 2011), but agnostically listed as just another variety of ǃKwi in Güldemann (2019).[3]

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