ǂ’Amkhoe

A language of Botswana

ISO 639: huc
Alternate Names: Eastern ‡Hoan, ǀHua, ǀHû, ‡Hoa, ‡Hoan, ‡Hoã, ‡Hua, ‡Hua-Owani
Population: 30 (Brenzinger 2013b), decreasing.
Location:: Kweneng district: southern Kalahari desert.
Language Status: 8b (Nearly extinct).
Classification: Kx’a
Dialects: ‡Hua, Sasi.
Typology: SOV; genitives before noun head; adjectives, numerals, demonstratives, relatives after noun head; tonal.
Language Use: Elderly only. Many shifted to ǀGwi [gwj]. Some shifted to Kgalagadi [xkv].
Language Development: Grammar. Texts.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about ǂ’Amkhoe
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].
Other Comments: Different from ‡Hoan (Western ‡Hoan) dialect of !Xóõ [nmn].

Location: Kweneng district: southern Kalahari desert.