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Kgalagadi
Kalahari
sheKgalagadi
Native to Botswana
Native speakers
 65,400 (2015)[1]
Language family

Niger–Congo

  • Atlantic–Congo

    • Benue–Congo

      • Southern Bantoid

        • Bantu

          • Sotho–Tswana
            • Kgalagadi
Language codes
ISO 639-3 xkv
Glottolog
kgal1244[2]
Guthrie code
S.311 (ex-S.31d)[3]
Linguasphere 99-AUT-eh incl. varieties 99-AUT-eha to 99-AUT-ehc

Kgalagadi is one of the Bantu languages spoken in Botswana, along the South African border. It is spoken by about 40,000 people.[4] In the language, it is known as Shekgalagari, pronounced [ʃɛkxalaxaɾi].[citation needed]



Classification[edit]


Kgalagadi (also rendered Kgalagari, Kgalagarhi, Kgalagari, Khalagari, Khalakadi, Kxhalaxadi, Qhalaxarzi, Shekgalagadi, Shekgalagari) is most closely related to Tswana, and until recently was classified as a dialect of Tswana.[3]


Dialects include Shengologa, Sheshaga, Shebolaongwe, Shelala, Shekhena, Sheritjhauba and Shekgwatheng.



Notes and references[edit]





  1. ^ "Kgalagadi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-08-14..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kgalagadi". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


  3. ^ ab Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online


  4. ^ Kgalagadi language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)















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