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Also Known As: Nhaurun,Nhauru,Nharon,//Aisan,//Ai//e,/Aikwe,//Ai//en,//...
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<b>Description:</b>

Naro (also Nharo) is a Khoe language spoken in the Ghanzi District of Botswana and in eastern Namibia, where it is sometimes called Nharo. There are about 14,000 speakers: 10,000 in Botswana (2004 Cook) and 4,000 in Namibia (1998 Maho). This makes it probably the most-spoken of the Tshu-Khwe languages. Naro is a trade language among speakers of different Khoisan languages in the Ghanzi District. There is currently a dictionary of the Naro language available.
Naro has the following consonant inventory, in the IPA and the orthography of Visser (2001):
Kg and kg’ only contrast for some speakers: kx’ám "mouth" vs. k’áù "male". The flap r is only found medially except in loan words. An l is only found in loans, and is generally substituted by /ɾ/ medially and /n/ initially. Medial [j] and [w] may perhaps be /i/ and /u/; they occur initially only in wèé "all, both" and in yèè (an interjection).
Naro has five vowel qualities, a e i o u, which may occur long (aa ee ii oo uu), nasalized (ã ẽ ĩ õ ũ), pressed (a, e, i, o, u), or combinations of these (ã etc.). There are three tones, written á, a, à. Syllables are of the maximal form CVV, where VV is a long vowel, diphthong, or combination of<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=714705 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>Location of Naro Language Speakers</h2>
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<h2>Overview</h2>

<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/botswana Botswana]</td></tr>

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<b><i>Regions: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/africa Africa]
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<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>nhr</td></tr>

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<tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>
[[All Languages]]

  [[Khoisan Group]]

    [[Southern Africa Group]]

      [[Central Southern Africa Group]]

        [[Tshu-Khwe Group]]

          [[Southwest Tshu-Khwe Group]]

            <b>[[Naro Language]]</b>

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