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 to	Botswana
Native speakers	65,400 (2015)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu Sotho–Tswana Kgalagadi
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

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)