| Kgalagadi | |
|---|---|
| Kalahari | |
| sheKgalagadi | |
| Native to | Botswana, South Africa, Namibia |
|
Native speakers
|
40,000 (2004)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xkv |
| Glottolog | kgal1244[2] |
S.311 (ex-S.31d)[3] |
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| Linguasphere | 99-AUT-eh incl. varieties 99-AUT-eha to 99-AUT-ehc |
Kgalagadi (Kalahari) is one of the Bantu languages spoken in Botswana, along the South African border and in Namibia. 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]
- ^ Kgalagadi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kgalagadi". Glottolog 2.2. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ^ a b Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ Ethnologue's Kgalagari entry