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Kxoe

Kxoe is a Khoe-Kwadi language spoken in South Africa, Angola, Zambia, and Namibia. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Kxoe · 16.6°S 22.6°E

Khwe ( KWAY; also rendered Kxoe, Khoe KOY and Khwedam) is a dialect continuum of the Khoe branch of the Khoe-Kwadi family of Namibia, Angola, Botswana, South Africa, and parts of Zambia, with some 8,000 speakers.

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Words in Kxoe

MeaningWordRomanization
personkhoe*
name!x7on*
eye!xei*
ear!eE*
nose!ui*
tooth!uu*
tonguetEm*
blood!7Eo*
bone!7oE*
skinkxo*
kneekuru*
breastpi*
liver!x7ei*
watercàá
fire!7Ee*
sun!Em*
star!xEni*
stone!ngoE*
mountain!uu!Em*
treehEi*
leaf!gE*
nightthu*
dogeriku*
fish!7Eu*
lousekx7uni*
one!ui*
two!Em*
drinkkx7E*
seemuu*
die!7o*

* 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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