Kgalagadi language
Kgalagadi language
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| Kgalagadi | |
|---|---|
| Kalahari | |
| sheKgalagadi | |
| Native to | Botswana |
Native speakers | 65,400 (2015)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo
|
| 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]
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^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kgalagadi". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
^ ab Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
^ Kgalagadi language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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