||Gana
A language of Botswana
| Population | 2,000 (2004 R. Cook). |
| Region | Ghanzi District, New Xadi and Ghanzi, Ghanzi commercial farms, Central Kalahari Game Reserve. Central District, Boteti Subdistrict, cattleposts south and west of Rakops; east of Naro, north of |Gwi. |
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Botswana |
| Alternate names | Dxana, G||ana, G||ana-Khwe, Gxana, Gxanna, Kanakhoe |
| Dialects | Domkhoe, G||aakhwe (G||aa), G||anakhwe (Kanakhoe), |Khessákhoe. |
| Classification | Khoisan, Southern Africa, Central, Tshu-Khwe, Northwest |
| Language use | Also use |Gwi [gwj] or Naro [nhr]. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 15 to 29 years 40% Tswana [tsn], 2% English; 30 to 54 years 2% Tswana, 0% English; 55+ years 0%. |
| Comments | Hunter-gatherers; herders employed by cattleowners. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
HASSELBRING, Sue, author. 2000. A sociolinguistic survey of the languages of Botswana.
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