Gǀwi

E927248

Gǀwi is a Khoe-Kwadi (Khoe) language spoken by the Gǀwi people of the central Kalahari region in Botswana.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Gǀui 3
G/wi 1
Gǀwi canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Khoe language
Khoe-Kwadi language
language
belongsToMacroArea southern Africa
continent Africa
country Botswana
ethnicGroup Gǀwi people
linked to: Gǀui people
hasAlternativeName Gwi
Gǀwi (Gwi)
linked to: Gǀwi

Gǀwi Bushman
hasConsonantType click consonants
hasLanguageCodeISO639-3 gwj
hasLinguisticFeature noun class-like distinctions
rich verbal morphology
hasLinguisticTypology SOV word order (tendential)
hasPhonologicalFeature complex click inventory
tonal contrasts
isSpokenBy hunter-gatherer communities
languageFamily Khoe-Kwadi
neighboringLanguages Gana
Naro
Tswana
linked to: Setswana
region Kalahari Desert
spokenIn Botswana
spokenInRegion central Kalahari
linked to: Kalahari Desert
status endangered language
minority language
subfamily Khoe
usedBy Gǀwi communities in Central Kalahari Game Reserve
usedIn oral tradition
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Taa neighboringLanguages Gǀui
linked to: Gǀwi
San peoples hasNotableGroup G/wi
linked to: Gǀwi
Naro relatedPeoples Gǀui
linked to: Gǀwi
Gǀwi hasAlternativeName Gǀwi (Gwi)
linked to: Gǀwi
Kalahari Khoe hasMemberLanguage Gǀui
linked to: Gǀwi