Tshuwau

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A language of Botswana

ISO 639-3
hio
Alternate Names
Chirechire, Chuwau, Chware, Gabake-Ntshori, Gǁabake, Haitshuari, Hietshware, Hiochuwau, Hiotshuwau, Kalahari Khoe, Kwe, Kwe-Etshori Kwee, Kwe-Tshori, Masarwa, Sesarwa, Tati, Tati Bushman, Tshwa, Tshwao, Tsoa, Tsua, “Sarwa” (pej.)
User Population

2,000 in Botswana (Brenzinger 2013b). Total users in all countries: 5,540.

Location

Central district: especially Mahalapye and Serowe subdistricts; Kweneng district: Ghanzi and Kgatleng districts’ border areas; primarily cattleposts and settlements.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Khoe-Kwadi, Khoe, Kalahari Khoe, Northeast
Language Use

Adults only. Shifting to English [eng]. Shifting to Setswana [tsn].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 15–29 years: 25% in Setswana [tsn], 20% in English [eng]; 30–54 years: 2% in Setswana, 2% in English; 55 and older: 0%. Agency: Toraa Dao Association.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Tshuwau
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Nomadic. Traditional religion, Christian.

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