Khoe-Kwadi
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Khoe-Kwadi is a proposed language family of southern Africa that groups together the Khoe languages (including Khoikhoi) with the extinct Kwadi language of Angola.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hypothetical language family
ⓘ
proposed language family ⓘ |
| basedOn |
lexical comparison
ⓘ
morphological comparison ⓘ phonological comparison ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
African linguistics
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeClassification | sometimes grouped under Khoisan ⓘ |
| hasDocumentationLevel | Kwadi is poorly attested ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentIssue |
language shift to dominant regional languages
ⓘ
small speaker populations ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
complex tone systems in some Khoe languages
ⓘ
rich pronominal systems ⓘ |
| hasMemberStatus |
Khoe languages are mostly endangered
ⓘ
Kwadi is extinct ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | click consonants ⓘ |
| hasResearchTopic |
genetic relationship between Khoe and Kwadi
ⓘ
reconstruction of Proto-Khoe-Kwadi ⓘ |
| hasStatus |
controversial
ⓘ
proposed ⓘ |
| hasUncertainty |
debated internal subgrouping
ⓘ
limited data for Kwadi ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | primarily unwritten ⓘ |
| includes |
Khoe languages
ⓘ
Khoikhoi language ⓘ Khoe–Kwadi language family ⓘ
surface form:
Kwadi language
|
| languageBranch |
Khoe
ⓘ
Kwadi ⓘ |
| notIdenticalTo |
Bantu language families
ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ |
| proposedBy |
Tom Güldemann
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
other historical linguists ⓘ |
| region |
Southern Africa
ⓘ
surface form:
southern Africa
|
| spokenIn |
Angola
ⓘ
Botswana ⓘ Namibia ⓘ South Africa ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Khoisan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Khoisan (proposed) language group
|
| timeOfProposal |
early 21st century
ⓘ
late 20th century ⓘ |
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