Kgalagadi language
| Kgalagadi | |
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| Kalahari | |
| sheKgalagadi | |
| Native to | Botswana, South Africa, Namibia |
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Native speakers
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40,000 (2004)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xkv |
| Glottolog | kgal1244[2] |
S.311 (ex-S.31d)[3] |
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| 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].[citation needed]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kgalagadi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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Note: The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.
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