ǁXegwi language
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| ǁXegwi | ||||
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| Spoken in | South Africa | |||
| Extinct | 1988 | |||
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| ISO 639-3 | xeg | |||
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ǁXegwi, also known as Batwa, is an extinct ǃKwi language of South Africa, near the Swazi border. The last known speaker was killed in 1988.[citation needed]
ǁXegwi lost the abrupt clicks (variations on ǂ and ǃ) found in its relatives. However, it reacquired ǃ from Bantu, either Nguni or Sotho.
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