Tuu languages
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The '''Taa''' branch of Botswana is more robust, though it also has only one surviving language, [[Taa language|ǃXóõ]], with 2,500 speakers. |
The '''Taa''' branch of Botswana is more robust, though it also has only one surviving language, [[Taa language|ǃXóõ]], with 2,500 speakers. |
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Because many of the Tuu languages became extinct with little record, there is considerable confusion as to which of their many names represented separate languages or even dialects. The term "[[Vaal–Orange language|Vaal–Orange]]" was once used for [[ǂUngkue language|ǂUngkue]] (formerly spoken at the confluence of the [[Vaal River|Vaal]] and [[Orange River]]s) combined with several of the Eastern lects, which have since been separated. |
Because many of the Tuu languages became extinct with little record, there is considerable confusion as to which of their many names represented separate languages or even dialects. The term "[[Vaal–Orange language|Vaal–Orange]]" was once used for [[ǂUngkue language|ǂUngkue]] (formerly spoken at the confluence of the [[Vaal River|Vaal]] and [[Orange River]]s) combined with several of the Eastern lects, such as [[Seroa language|Seroa]], [[ǁKuǁʼe language|ǁKuǁʼe]], and [[Boshof language|Boshof]], which have since been separated. |
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There were presumably additional Tuu languages. [[Ernst Oswald Johannes Westphal|Westphal]] studied a Taa variety variously rendered ''ǀŋamani, ǀnamani, Ngǀamani, ǀŋamasa''. It is apparently now extinct. [[Dorothea Bleek|Bleek]] recorded another now-extinct variety, which she labeled 'S5', in the town of Khakhea; it is known in the literature as ''Kakia''. Another in the Nossop area (labeled 'S4a') is known as ''Xaitia, Khatia, Katia, Kattea.'' ''[[Vaalpens]]'', ''ǀKusi'', and ''ǀEikusi'' evidently refer to the same variety as Xatia. Westphal (1971) lists them both as Nǀamani dialects, though Köhler lists only Khatia and classifies it as ǃKwi. |
There were presumably additional Tuu languages. [[Ernst Oswald Johannes Westphal|Westphal]] studied a Taa variety variously rendered ''ǀŋamani, ǀnamani, Ngǀamani, ǀŋamasa''. It is apparently now extinct. [[Dorothea Bleek|Bleek]] recorded another now-extinct variety, which she labeled 'S5', in the town of Khakhea; it is known in the literature as ''Kakia''. Another in the Nossop area (labeled 'S4a') is known as ''Xaitia, Khatia, Katia, Kattea.'' ''[[Vaalpens]]'', ''ǀKusi'', and ''ǀEikusi'' evidently refer to the same variety as Xatia. Westphal (1971) lists them both as Nǀamani dialects, though Köhler lists only Khatia and classifies it as ǃKwi. |
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