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‡Hua

A language of Botswana

ISO 639-3huc

Population  200 (2004 R. Cook), decreasing.
Region  Southern Kalahari Desert, Kweneng District; Central District, southwest Mahalapye Subdistrict, Sasi.
Language map  Botswana
Alternate names   ‡Hoa, ‡Hoã, ‡Hoan, ‡Hua-Owani, |Hû, |Hua
Dialects  ‡Hua, Sasi. Related to !Xóõ [nmn].
Classification  Khoisan, Southern Africa, Southern, Hua
Language use  Older adults.
Comments  SOV; genitives before noun head; adjectives, numerals, demonstratives, relatives after noun head; tonal.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

HASSELBRING, Sue, author. 2000. A sociolinguistic survey of the languages of Botswana.