ǁGana

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A language of Botswana

ISO 639-3
gnk
Alternate Names
/Gui, Dxana, Gxana, Gxanna, Gǁana, Gǁana-Khwe, Kanakhoe
User Population

1,030 (Brenzinger 2013b).

Location

Central district: Boteti subdistrict, cattleposts south and west of Rakops; Ghanzi district: New Xadi and Ghanzi, Ghanzi commercial farms, Central Kalahari Game Reserve.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Khoe-Kwadi, Khoe, Kalahari Khoe, Southwest
Dialects

Domkhoe, Gǁaakhwe (Balanka, Gǁaa), Gǁanakhwe (Kanakhoe), ǀKhessákhoe.

Language Use

Also use ǀGwi [gwj]. Also use English [eng]. Also use Naro [nhr]. Also use Setswana [tsn]. Used as L2 by ǀGwi [gwj].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 15–29 years: 40% in Setswana [tsn], 2% in English [eng]; 30–54 years: 2% in Tswana, 0% in English; 55 and older: 0%.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about ǁGana
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].