View source for N⎮u Language (ngh)


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        <tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> =khomani,Ng'uki,Nusan,Nghuki,=|Khomani,N|u||en


<b>Description:</b>

Nǀu or Nǀuu, also known as Nǀhuki, ǂKhomani, or Nǁngǃke, is a moribund Tuu (Khoisan) language spoken by the Nǁnǂe people in South Africa. The name ǂKhomani is used by the South African government, but apart from that is not recognized by the Nǁnǂe.
Nǀu belongs to the Tuu (Taʼa-ǃKwi) language family, with extinct ǀXam being its closest relative. The slash symbol in these names represents a click like the English interjection tsk! tsk! used to express pity or shame; "Nǀu" is pronounced like noo, with a tsk! pronounced in the middle of the [n]. Its closest living relative is the ǃXóõ language.
Nǀu prospered through the 19th century, but encroaching non-ǃKwi languages and acculturation threatened it, like most other Khoisan languages. The language of the ǂKhomani was mainly displaced by Afrikaans and Nama, especially after they started migrating to towns in the 1930s and found themselves surrounded by non-Nǀu speaking people. In 1973 their language was declared extinct, and the remaining ǂKhomani were evicted from the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park.
In the 1990s, ǂKhomani elders became upset that the language was dying out. It was thought that the language might already be extinct.<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=377207 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
        <tr><td><h2>Location of N⎮u Language Speakers</h2>
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<h2>Overview</h2>

<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/south_africa South Africa]</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>ngh</td></tr>

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      <tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Khoisan Group]]

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Southern Africa Group]]

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Southern Southern Africa Group]]

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Kwi family Group]]

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>[[N⎮u Language]]</b>

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