/Gwi
/Gwi is a Khoe-Kwadi language spoken in Botswana. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Gǀui or Gǀwi (pronounced GWEE in English, and also spelled ǀGwi, ǀ᪶Ui, Dcui, Gcwi, or Cgui) is a Khoe dialect of Botswana with 2,500 speakers (2004 Cook). It is part of the Gǁana dialect cluster, and is closely related to Naro. It has a number of loan words from ǂʼAmkoe. Gǀui, ǂʼAmkoe, and Taa form the core of the Kalahari Basin sprachbund, and share a number of characteristic features, including extremely large consonant inventories.
From Wikipedia · Gǀui dialect · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in /Gwi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | kue* | |
| name | !uo5* | |
| eye | !ai* | |
| ear | !ei* | |
| nose | !ui* | |
| tooth | !oji* | |
| tongue | gyam* | |
| hand | ceu* | |
| blood | !ao* | |
| bone | !owa* | |
| skin | ko* | |
| knee | !ori* | |
| breast | NguSa* | |
| liver | !aen* | |
| water | ca* | |
| fire | !e* | |
| sun | !am* | |
| star | !ono* | |
| stone | n!oa* | |
| mountain | !abi* | |
| tree | i* | |
| leaf | dana* | |
| night | hxaeSika* | |
| dog | aba* | |
| fish | !ao* | |
| louse | kone* | |
| one | !wi* | |
| two | !am* | |
| I | kere* | |
| you | ce* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Glottolog · gwii1239 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · gwj