!Xóõ

A language of Botswana

ISO 639: nmn
Alternate Names: !Khong, !Xo, !Xo’o~, East Taa, N/amani, Ngǀamani, Taa, Tsasi
Population: 2,000 in Botswana (2011 C. Naumann). Total users in all countries: 2,500.
Location:: Ghanzi district: south; Kgalagadi district: north; Kweneng and Southern districts: west.
Language Status: 6b* (Threatened).
Classification: Tuu, Taa
Dialects: Kakia (Masarwa), Ngǀuǁen (Ngǀuǀei, Nuǁen, ǀNuǁen, ǀUǁen, ǁUǁen), Nusan (Ng|usan, Noosan, Nu-San), !Kwi, ǂHoan (Western ǂHoan).
Typology: SVO; prepositions; genitives, adjectives, numerals, relatives after noun heads; question word initial; 2 prefixes, 3 suffixes; word order distinguishes subjects, objects, indirect objects; verb affixes mark number, gender of subject and object, and is obligatory; passives; reduplication on periphrastics for causatives; periphrastic comparatives; CV, CVV, CVCV; tonal.
Language Use: Also use ǀGwi [gwj]. Also use Herero [her]. Also use Kgalagadi [xkv]. Also use Naro [nhr]. Also use Setswana [tsn]. Second languages used by people older than 10 who have been to school or have lived with speakers of the other languages.
Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about !Xóõ
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].
Other Comments: Nuǁen dialect is extinct. ‡Hua (ǂHoan) [huc] is different from ǂHoan dialect (Western ǂHoan). Traditional religion, Christian.

Namibia

Location: Hardap region: Aranos and Leonardville area on Botswana border.
Dialects: Auni (ǀAuni, ǀAuo), Kakia (Masarwa), Kiǀhazi, Ngǀuǀen (Ngǀuǀei, Nuǁen, ǀNuǁen, ǀUǁen, ǁUǁen), Nusan (Ngǀusan, Noosan, Nu-San), Xatia (Katia, Kattea, Khatia, Vaalpens, ǀEikusi, ǀKusi), !Kwi.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened)

Location: Ghanzi district: south; Kgalagadi district: north; Kweneng and Southern districts: west.