Boshof ǃUi explained

Boshof ǃUi
Nativename:ǃUi
Region:Boshof
Extinct:mid 20th century
Familycolor:Khoisan
Fam1:Tuu
Fam2:ǃKwi
Fam3:Eastern
Iso3:none
Glotto:bosh1244
Glottorefname:Boshof
States:South Africa

Boshof ǃUi is an extinct ǃKwi language or dialect of South Africa. It was recorded at the town of Boshof, between Kimberley and the Vaal River, by Maingard some time after 1930, and labeled simply "ǃUi" (that is, ǃKwi), the word for 'person' in Boshof and related languages. It is closely related to Seroa, but analysis of the recorded data has not been enough to determine the boundary between language and dialect.[1]

References

Notes and References

  1. 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.