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Encyclopedia > Tsoa language

Tsoa is a Khoisan language of Botswana and Zimbabwe spoken by about 9300 speakers (Cook 2004). Map showing the distribution of the Khoi-San languages. ...


Dialects

  • Tsoa or Hiechware or various other combinations of Hio-, Hie-, Hai- + Chwa, Tshwa, Chuwau, Tshuwau + -re, -ri; or Sarwa, Sesarwa or G‖abake-Ntshori or Tati or Kwe-Etshori Kwee
  • Kua or Cua or Tyhua
  • Cire Cire

External link

  • The Ethnologue Report for Tsoa
  • The Ethnologue Report for Kua

Khoisan languages  (classification) Map showing the distribution of the Khoi-San languages. ... This is a list of Khoisan languages, which are indigenous to southern Africa. ...

‖Ani | G‖ana | G/wi | Hadza | ‡Hõã | Ju/’hoan | Korana | !Kung (!Xũũ) | Kwadi | ‡Kx’au‖’ein | Kxoe |

Nama | Naro | N/u | Sandawe | Seroa | Shua | Tsoa | /Xam | ‖Xegwi | Xiri | !Xóõ ‖Ani or /Anda is a Khoisan language of Botswana with about are about 1,000 speakers. ... G‖ana (also spelled Gxana, Dxana) is a Khoisan language of Botswana with about 2000 speakers (2004 Cook). ... G/wi or GÇ€ui (sometimes spelled Dcui) is a Khoisan language of Botswana with 2,500 speakers (2004 Cook). ... Hadza is a language of Tanzania. ... ‡Hõã, or more precisely ‡Qhôã (also called Eastern ‡Hua) is an unclassified Khoisan language of Botswana. ... Ju|’hoan (also called Zu|’hõasi, Dzu’oasi, Zû-|hoa) is a Khoisan language spoken in the Northwest District of Botswana by about 5,000 people (2002) and by perhaps a comparable number across the border in Namibia. ... Korana is an endangered or even extinct Khoisan language of South Africa. ... !Kung or !’O!Kung is a group of northern dialects of the Ju dialect continuum, which is generally classified as part of the Khoisan language family. ... Kwadi is an extinct Khoisan language of Angola. ... ‡Kx’au‖’ein is a group of mostly southwestern dialects of the Ju dialect continuum of Botswana and Namibia with about 4000 speakers (2004 Cook). ... Kxoe is a Khoisan language of Namibia, Angola, Botswana, South Africa, and Zambia. ... Nama is a Khoisan language spoken in Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa. ... Naro is a Khoisan language of Botswana and Namibia. ... N/u is a Khoisan language spoken by the Khomani people in South Africa. ... Sandawe is a tonal language spoken in the Dodoma region of Tanzania. ... Seroa is an extinct Khoisan language of South Africa and Lesotho. ... Shua is a Khoisan language of Botswana. ... /Xam is an extinct Khoisan language of South Africa, part of the !Kwi language group. ... ‖Xegwi is an extinct !Kwi language of South Africa, near the Swazi border. ... Xiri is a Khoisan language of South Africa, originally spoken by a small group of Coloureds. ... !Xóõ is a Khoisan language with a very large number of phonemes, the most of any known language. ...


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