Nǁng language
E927244
The Nǁng language is a critically endangered Tuu (Khoisan) language of southern Africa, known for its complex click consonant system and spoken by only a handful of elderly speakers.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nǀuu language | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Khoisan language
ⓘ
Tuu language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Nǀuu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nǁng ⓘ Nǁnǂe NERFINISHED ⓘ ǂKhomani language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Republic of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalAssociation | ǂKhomani San cultural heritage ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
linguist Amanda L. Miller-Ockhuizen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
linguist Matthias Brenzinger NERFINISHED ⓘ other field linguists in late 20th and early 21st century ⓘ |
| endangermentCause |
historical displacement of speakers
ⓘ
language shift to Afrikaans ⓘ sociopolitical marginalization of speakers ⓘ |
| fieldworkPeriod | intensively documented since the 1990s ⓘ |
| glottocode | nmmn1238 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
complex consonant system
ⓘ
small and aging speech community ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin script (practical orthography) ⓘ |
| isNot |
Bantu language
ⓘ
Indo-European language ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | ngh ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Tuu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology |
head-final tendencies
ⓘ
suffixing morphology ⓘ tone language ⓘ |
| phonologyFeature |
complex click consonant inventory
ⓘ
lingual airstream mechanism ⓘ multiple click types ⓘ rich series of click accompaniments ⓘ |
| region | southern Kalahari ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Taa language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
other ǃKwi varieties (now mostly extinct) ⓘ |
| revitalizationEffort |
community-based language classes
ⓘ
development of teaching materials ⓘ |
| speakers |
fewer than 10 fluent speakers
ⓘ
mostly elderly speakers ⓘ |
| spokenBy | ǂKhomani people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Northern Cape Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | critically endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily | ǃKwi branch ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | critically endangered ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nǀuu language