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ǃKung languages

ǃKung /ˈkʊŋ/ KUUNG (ǃXun), also known as Ju (/ˈdʒuː/ JOO), is a dialect continuum (language complex) spoken in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola by the ǃKung people, constituting two or three languages. Together with the ǂʼAmkoe language, ǃKung forms the Kxʼa language family.

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Dialects
Northern (Sekele) · Central · Southern (Juǀʼhoan)
ELP
!Xun
Ethnicity
ǃKung
Glottolog
juku1256
ISO 639-3
Variously: vaj – Northern ǃKung knw – Ekoka ǃKung ktz – Southern ǃKung
Language family
ǃKung

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ǃKung languages

Nodes57
Edges56
Triples13
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.035088
Components1

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ǃKung languages

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Dialects · 3
ǃKung languages → Central, Northern (Sekele), Southern (Juǀʼhoan)
ELP · 1
ǃKung languages → !Xun
Ethnicity · 1
ǃKung languages → ǃKung
Glottolog · 1
ǃKung languages → juku1256
ISO 639-3 · 1
ǃKung languages → Variously: vaj – Northern ǃKung knw – Ekoka ǃKung ktz – Southern ǃKung
Language family · 1
ǃKung languages → ǃKung
Native speakers · 1
ǃKung languages → All varieties: 77,000 (2015)
Native to · 1
ǃKung languages → Namibia, Angola, Botswana, South Africa
Writing system · 1
ǃKung languages → Latin augmented with click letters

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Important terminology

ǃkung dialects area omatako ǃxũũ northern south language namibia angola botswana dialect presumably languages southern juǀʼhoan khoisan otjozondjou central ekoka

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ǃKung languagesDialectsNorthern (Sekele)1.00infobox
ǃKung languagesDialectsCentral1.00infobox
ǃKung languagesDialectsSouthern (Juǀʼhoan)1.00infobox
ǃKung languagesELP!Xun1.00infobox
ǃKung languagesEthnicityǃKung1.00infobox
ǃKung languagesGlottologjuku12561.00infobox
ǃKung languagesISO 639-3Variously: vaj – Northern ǃKung knw – Ekoka ǃKung ktz – Southern ǃKung1.00infobox
ǃKung languagesLanguage familyǃKung1.00infobox
ǃKung languagesNative speakersAll varieties: 77,000 (2015)1.00infobox
ǃKung languagesNative toNamibia, Angola, Botswana, South Africa1.00infobox
ǃKung languagesWriting systemLatin augmented with click letters1.00infobox
Juǀʼhoaninstance ofThe retroflex clicks have dropped out of Southeastern dialects0.80text

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