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Encyclopedia > !O!ung language
!O!ung ()
Spoken in: Angola
Region:
Total speakers: 1000 - 5000
Ranking: Not in top 100
Genetic classification: Khoisan languages

 Southern African languages
  North Southern African languages
   !O!ung This page attempts to present a list of languages by total native speakers. ... Human Language Families Most languages are known to belong to language families (families hereforth). ... Map showing the distribution of the Khoi-San languages. ... This is a list of Khoisan languages, which are indigenous to southern Africa. ... This is a list of Khoisan languages, which are indigenous to southern Africa. ...

Official status
Official language of: -
Regulated by: -
Language codes
ISO 639-1 -
ISO 639-2 khi
SIL OUN
See also: Language - List of languages

!O!ung is a Khoisan language of Angola. Its SIL code is OUN. It has 1,000 to 5,000 speakers. ISO 639 is one of several international standards that lists short codes for language names. ... SIL International is a non-profit, faith-based, scientific organization with the main purpose to study, develop and document lesser-known languages for the purpose of expanding linguistic knowledge, promoting world literacy and aiding minority language development. ... This list of languages is alphabetical by English name. ... Map showing the distribution of the Khoi-San languages. ... SIL International is a non-profit, faith-based, scientific organization with the main purpose to study, develop and document lesser-known languages for the purpose of expanding linguistic knowledge, promoting world literacy and aiding minority language development. ...

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Classification

!O!ung is a Khoisan language, more specifically a Northern Southern African language. Map showing the distribution of the Khoi-San languages. ... This is a list of Khoisan languages, which are indigenous to southern Africa. ...


Geographic distribution

!O!ung is spoken in Angola by 1000-5000 people.


See also

World map showing location of Africa A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ...

References

Snyman, Jan Winston. 1980. The relationship between Angolan !Xu and Zu/'õasi. In Bushman and Hottentot linguistic studies 1979, pp. 1-58. Ed. J. W. Snyman. University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria.


External links

  • The Ethnologue Report for !O!ung (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=OUN)
  • The Rosetta Stone entry for !O!ung (http://www.rosettaproject.org/live/search/detailedlanguagerecord?ethnocode=OUN)
  • Alternate names and classification (http://www.african.gu.se/khsnms.html#3100) from Göteborgs Universitet.

Khoisan languages Map showing the distribution of the Khoi-San languages. ...

 (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:Khoisan&action=edit)
!O!ung | !Xóõ | 'Akhoe | //Gana | //Xegwi | /Anda | /Gwi | /Xam | =/Hua | =/Kx'au//'ein | Deti | Ganádi | Hadza | Hai//om | Hietshware | Ju/'hoan | Korana | Kung-ekoka | Kwadi | Kxoe | Maligo | N/u | Nama | Naro | Sandawe | Seroa | Shua | Vasekela Bushman | Xiri


 

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