Kgalagadi language
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| Kgalagadi | |
|---|---|
| Kalahari | |
| sheKgalagadi | |
| Native to | Botswana |
Native speakers | 65,400 (2015)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xkv |
| Glottolog | kgal1244 |
S.311 (ex-S.31d)[2] | |
| ELP | Kgalagadi |
| Linguasphere | incl. varieties 99-AUT-eha to 99-AUT-ehc 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.[3] In the language, it is known as Shekgalagari, pronounced [ʃɛkxalaxaɾi].[citation needed]
Classification
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.[2]
Dialects include Shengologa, Sheshaga, Shebolaongwe, Shelala, Shekhena, Sheritjhauba and Shekgwatheng.
Notes and references
- ^ "Kgalagadi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
- ^ a b Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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