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ǁXegwi

/kɛ.ɡwi/

ǁXegwi proper noun: an extinct language formerly spoken in South Africa near the Swazi border.

Proper noun

ǁXegwi

  1. An extinct language formerly spoken in South Africa near the Swazi border.
    • They also occur in ǁxegwi but not in other "Bush" languages.1980, Jannie Winston Snyman, Bushman and Hottentot linguistic studies, page 75
    • […] variety known as ǁXegwi was spoken. In the 1950s there were fewer than 36 speakers left. They were described as still knowing their language 'fairly well' and being bilingual in 'Swazi-Zulu' and Afrikaans (Potgieter 1955), […]1995, Rajend Mesthrie, Language and social history: studies in South African sociolinguistics, page 13

Origin of ǁXegwi

Borrowed from ǁXegwi.

Questions about ǁXegwi

What does ǁXegwi mean?
ǁXegwi means an extinct language formerly spoken in South Africa near the Swazi border.
What part of speech is ǁXegwi?
ǁXegwi is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce ǁXegwi?
ǁXegwi is pronounced /kɛ.ɡwi/.

Words near ǁXegwi in the dictionary

  1. ſ
  2. ſ's
  3. ƛaʔuukʷiʔatḥ
  4. ƹayn
  5. ǀXam
  6. ǁXegwi
  7. ǂHoan
  8. ǂHõã
  9. ǂKxʼauǁʼein
  10. ǂKá̦gára
  11. ǂKá̹gára

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