ǂʼAmkoe language
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Not to be confused with Western ǂHoan.
ǂʼAmkoe /ˈæmkɔɪ/ AM-koy, formerly called by the dialectal name ǂHoan (Eastern ǂHȍã, ǂHûân, ǂHua, ǂHû, or in native orthography ǂHȍȁn), is a severely endangered Kxʼa language of Botswana. West ǂʼAmkoe dialect, along with Taa (or perhaps the Tsaasi dialect of Taa) and Gǀui, form the core of the Kalahari Basin sprachbund, and share a number of characteristic features, including the largest consonant inventories in the world. ǂʼAmkoe was shown to be related to the Juu languages by Honken and Heine (2010), and these have since been classified together in the Kxʼa language family.[2]
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ǂʼAmkoe | |
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Formerly ǂHoan | |
Region | Botswana |
Native speakers | 20–50 Western ǂʼAmkoe (2015)[1] unknown number Eastern ǂʼAmkoe |
Kxʼa
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | huc |
Glottolog | hoaa1235 |
ELP | ǂHoan |
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