Amkoe
Amkoe is a Kxa language spoken in Botswana. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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ǂʼAmkoe AM-koy, formerly called by the dialectal name ǂHoan (alternatively spelled ǂHȍã, ǂHûân, ǂHua, ǂHû, or in native orthography ǂHȍȁn, and also known as Eastern ǂHoan, to distinguish from Western ǂHoan), is a severely endangered Kxʼa language of Botswana. The West ǂʼAmkoe dialect, along with Taa (or perhaps the Tsaasi dialect of Taa) and Gǀui, form the core of the Kalahari Basin sprachbund, and share a number of characteristic features, including the largest consonant inventories in the world. ǂʼAmkoe was shown to be related to the Juu languages by Honken and Heine (2010), and these have since been classified together in the Kxʼa language family.
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Words in Amkoe
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ari* | |
| name | !o* | |
| eye | !oa* | |
| ear | q!hoe* | |
| nose | q!o* | |
| tooth | ciu* | |
| tongue | cela* | |
| hand | Siu* | |
| blood | q!i* | |
| bone | ca* | |
| skin | Cu* | |
| knee | !heme* | |
| breast | !ama* | |
| liver | kui* | |
| water | žo | |
| fire | !oa* | |
| sun | Cha* | |
| star | !o* | |
| stone | !hoa* | |
| mountain | !hu* | |
| tree | !o* | |
| leaf | Zoba* | |
| night | Chao* | |
| dog | cema* | |
| louse | ci* | |
| one | n!u* | |
| two | !oa* | |
| I | ma* | |
| we | n!a* | |
| drink | Cu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- GadeAtlantic-Congo10% alike
- NdogoAtlantic-Congo10% alike
- MamaindéNambiquaran10% alike
- DzùùngooMande10% alike
- North-Central JuKxa9% alike
- Northern JuKxa9% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · hoaa1235 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · huc