莻Kx始ao莵始ae | |
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Gobabis 莾Kung | |
莻Kx始au莵始ein | |
Pronunciation | [莻x始膩艒莵藔茫虁岷教] |
Native to | Namibia, Botswana |
Native speakers | 5,000 (2003) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
aue (merged into [ktz] Ju莯始hoan) |
Glottolog |
kxau1241 |
ELP | 莻Kx'au||'ein |
莻Kx始ao莵始ae (English pronunciation: /藞ka蕣ka瑟/ KOW-ky, native pronunciation: [莻x始膩艒莵藔茫虁岷教]), also rendered 莻Kx始au莵始ein ( /藞ka蕣ke瑟n/ KOW-kayn), or Gobabi 莾Kung (Gobabis-莾X没), is an eastern dialect of the Southern 莾Kung language, spoken in Botswana (the settlements of Groote Laagte, East Hanahai, Kanagas and Ghanzi in Ghanzi District and on the commercial farms) and in Namibia (the city of Gobabis and settlements along the C22 road to Otjinene as far as Eiseb, Omaheke Region) by about 7,000 people. In Botswana, most speakers are bilingual in Naro or Tswana.[ citation needed]
There are numerous spellings of the name, including 莵Au莵ei, 莵X始au莵始e, and Auen. Endonyms are Ju莯始hoan(si), 莾Xun in Namibia and 莻X始ao莵始aen (predominantly in Botswana), meaning "northern people" in Naro. It also goes by the names Gobabis 莾Kung and Kaukau (which can take the noun class prefixes in Tswana to give Mokaukau for one person, Bakaukau for the group and Sekaukau for the language).
In Namibia, 莻Kx始ao莵始ae tends to refer literally to the 莾Xuun speakers to the north in the Caprivi area. With the exception of a few cultural traits, speakers of 莻Kx始ao莵始ae and those of Ju莯始hoan both in Botswana and Namibia argue that they are one and the same people, speaking one language, with some dialectal attributes.
The non-Latin characters used by the language predominantly refer to click consonants and follow the orthography by Patrick Dickens for Ju莯始hoan.
The limited data on these dialects is poorly transcribed, but as of 2015 fieldwork is in progress.[ needs update]
莻Kx始ao莵始ae | |
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Gobabis 莾Kung | |
莻Kx始au莵始ein | |
Pronunciation | [莻x始膩艒莵藔茫虁岷教] |
Native to | Namibia, Botswana |
Native speakers | 5,000 (2003) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
aue (merged into [ktz] Ju莯始hoan) |
Glottolog |
kxau1241 |
ELP | 莻Kx'au||'ein |
莻Kx始ao莵始ae (English pronunciation: /藞ka蕣ka瑟/ KOW-ky, native pronunciation: [莻x始膩艒莵藔茫虁岷教]), also rendered 莻Kx始au莵始ein ( /藞ka蕣ke瑟n/ KOW-kayn), or Gobabi 莾Kung (Gobabis-莾X没), is an eastern dialect of the Southern 莾Kung language, spoken in Botswana (the settlements of Groote Laagte, East Hanahai, Kanagas and Ghanzi in Ghanzi District and on the commercial farms) and in Namibia (the city of Gobabis and settlements along the C22 road to Otjinene as far as Eiseb, Omaheke Region) by about 7,000 people. In Botswana, most speakers are bilingual in Naro or Tswana.[ citation needed]
There are numerous spellings of the name, including 莵Au莵ei, 莵X始au莵始e, and Auen. Endonyms are Ju莯始hoan(si), 莾Xun in Namibia and 莻X始ao莵始aen (predominantly in Botswana), meaning "northern people" in Naro. It also goes by the names Gobabis 莾Kung and Kaukau (which can take the noun class prefixes in Tswana to give Mokaukau for one person, Bakaukau for the group and Sekaukau for the language).
In Namibia, 莻Kx始ao莵始ae tends to refer literally to the 莾Xuun speakers to the north in the Caprivi area. With the exception of a few cultural traits, speakers of 莻Kx始ao莵始ae and those of Ju莯始hoan both in Botswana and Namibia argue that they are one and the same people, speaking one language, with some dialectal attributes.
The non-Latin characters used by the language predominantly refer to click consonants and follow the orthography by Patrick Dickens for Ju莯始hoan.
The limited data on these dialects is poorly transcribed, but as of 2015 fieldwork is in progress.[ needs update]