Kgalagadi | |
---|---|
Kalahari | |
'SheKgalagadi | |
Native to | Botswana |
Ethnicity | Kgalagadi |
Native speakers | 65,400 (2015) [1] |
Niger-Congo
| |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
xkv |
Glottolog |
kgal1244 |
S.311 (ex-S.31d)
[2] | |
ELP | Kgalagadi |
Linguasphere | 99-AUT-eh incl. varieties 99-AUT-eha to 99-AUT-ehc |
Kgalagadi is a Bantu language spoken in Botswana, along the South African border. It is spoken by about 40,000 people. [3] In the language, it is known as Shekgalagari.
Kgalagadi (also rendered Kgalagari, Kgalagarhi, Kgalagari, Khalagari, Khalakadi, Kxhalaxadi, Qhalaxarzi, Shekgalagadi, Shekgalagari, Kqalaqadi) is most closely related to Tswana, and until recently was classified as a dialect of Tswana. [2]
Dialects include Shengologa, Sheshaga, Shebolaongwe, Shelala, Shekhena, Sheritjhauba and Shekgwatheng.
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i | u | |
Close-mid | e ~ ɪ | o ~ ʊ | |
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
Open | a |
Labial | Dental | Alveolar |
Post- alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
plain | lab. | plain | lab. | plain | lab. | |||||||
Stop | voiceless | p | t̪ | c | cʷ | k | q | |||||
aspirated | pʰ | t̪ʰ | cʰ | cʰʷ | kʰ | qʰ | ||||||
voiced | b | d̪ | ɟ | g | ||||||||
Affricate | voiceless | t͡s | t͡sʷ | t͡ʃ | t͡ʃʷ | |||||||
aspirated | t͡sʰ | t͡sʰʷ | t͡ʃʰ | t͡ʃʰʷ | ||||||||
voiced | ( d͡z) | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||
Fricative | voiceless | s | ʃ | ʃʷ | χ | h | ||||||
voiced | z | ʒ | ʒʷ | ( ɦ) | ||||||||
Nasal | m | ( n̪) | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||||||
Trill | r | |||||||||||
Approximant | l | j | w |
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Kgalagadi | |
---|---|
Kalahari | |
'SheKgalagadi | |
Native to | Botswana |
Ethnicity | Kgalagadi |
Native speakers | 65,400 (2015) [1] |
Niger-Congo
| |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
xkv |
Glottolog |
kgal1244 |
S.311 (ex-S.31d)
[2] | |
ELP | Kgalagadi |
Linguasphere | 99-AUT-eh incl. varieties 99-AUT-eha to 99-AUT-ehc |
Kgalagadi is a Bantu language spoken in Botswana, along the South African border. It is spoken by about 40,000 people. [3] In the language, it is known as Shekgalagari.
Kgalagadi (also rendered Kgalagari, Kgalagarhi, Kgalagari, Khalagari, Khalakadi, Kxhalaxadi, Qhalaxarzi, Shekgalagadi, Shekgalagari, Kqalaqadi) is most closely related to Tswana, and until recently was classified as a dialect of Tswana. [2]
Dialects include Shengologa, Sheshaga, Shebolaongwe, Shelala, Shekhena, Sheritjhauba and Shekgwatheng.
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i | u | |
Close-mid | e ~ ɪ | o ~ ʊ | |
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
Open | a |
Labial | Dental | Alveolar |
Post- alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
plain | lab. | plain | lab. | plain | lab. | |||||||
Stop | voiceless | p | t̪ | c | cʷ | k | q | |||||
aspirated | pʰ | t̪ʰ | cʰ | cʰʷ | kʰ | qʰ | ||||||
voiced | b | d̪ | ɟ | g | ||||||||
Affricate | voiceless | t͡s | t͡sʷ | t͡ʃ | t͡ʃʷ | |||||||
aspirated | t͡sʰ | t͡sʰʷ | t͡ʃʰ | t͡ʃʰʷ | ||||||||
voiced | ( d͡z) | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||
Fricative | voiceless | s | ʃ | ʃʷ | χ | h | ||||||
voiced | z | ʒ | ʒʷ | ( ɦ) | ||||||||
Nasal | m | ( n̪) | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||||||
Trill | r | |||||||||||
Approximant | l | j | w |
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link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
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