Kgalagadi language

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.

Kgalagadi
Kalahari
'SheKgalagadi
Native toBotswana
Native speakers
65,400 (2015)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3xkv
Glottologkgal1244[2]
S.311 (ex-S.31d)[3]
Linguasphere99-AUT-eh incl. varieties 99-AUT-eha to 99-AUT-ehc

Classification

Kgalagadi (also rendered Kgalagari, Kgalagarhi, Kgalagari, Khalagari, Khalakadi, Kxhalaxadi, Qhalaxarzi, Shekgalagadi, Shekgalagari, Kqalaqadi) 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

  1. "Kgalagadi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  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. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  4. Kgalagadi language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)


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