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ǂKxʼauǁʼein

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Also known as =/Kx'au//'ein, ǂKx'au||'ein

ǂKxʼaoǁʼae (English pronunciation: , native pronunciation: ), also rendered ǂKxʼauǁʼein ( ), or Gobabi ǃKung (Gobabis-ǃXû), is an eastern dialect of the Southern ǃKung 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.

Key facts

Language.name
ǂKxʼaoǁʼae
Language.altname
Gobabis ǃKung
Language.states
Namibia, Botswana
Language.speakers
5,000
Language.date
2003
Language.familycolor
Khoisan
Language.fam1
Kxʼa
Language.fam2
ǃKung
Language.fam3
Southern
Language.iso3
none
Language.iso3comment
( merged into ktz Juǀʼhoan in 2015)
Language.glotto
kxau1241
Language.glottorefname
Groot Laagte =/Kx'au//'ein

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ǂKxʼaoǁʼae (English pronunciation: , native pronunciation: ), also rendered ǂKxʼauǁʼein ( ), or Gobabi ǃKung (Gobabis-ǃXû), is an eastern dialect of the Southern ǃKung 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.

There are numerous spellings of the name, including ǁAuǁei, ǁXʼauǁʼe, and Auen. Endonyms are Juǀʼhoan(si), ǃXun in Namibia and ǂXʼaoǁʼaen (predominantly in Botswana), meaning "northern people" in Naro. It also goes by the names Gobabis ǃKung 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).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ǂKxʼauǁʼein” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.