ǁŨǁʼe language explained

ǁŨǁʼe
Also Known As:ǃUi
Region:Theunissen
Extinct:mid 20th century
Familycolor:Khoisan
Fam1:Tuu
Fam2:ǃKwi
Fam3:Eastern
Iso3:kqu
Iso3comment:(partial)
Glotto:kuee1238
Glottoname:ǁKuǁe
Glottorefname:ǁKuǁe
Map:Lang Status 01-EX.svg
Mapcaption:[1]
States:South Africa

ǁŨǁʼe, also rendered ǁKu-ǁʼe or ǁKuǁe,[2] is an extinct ǃKwi language or dialect of South Africa, spoken near Theunissen in South Africa, and recorded by Dorothea Bleek in 1928. It was labeled "SIIc" in her classification. It is closely related to Seroa, but analysis of the recorded data has not been enough to determine the boundary between language and dialect.[3]

References

Notes and References

  1. Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger . UNESCO . 3rd . 2010 . 37.
  2. Distinguish ǁNg ǃʼe, a form of Nǁng, and Nǀhuǁéi, which is a variety of Taa.
  3. Tom Güldemann. 2019. Toward a subclassification of the ǃUi branch of Tuu. Paper presented at Afrikalinguistisches Forschungskolloquium at Humboldt Universiät zu Berlin, 8 January 2019. 10pp.