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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > South Africa > Xiri

Xiri

A language of South Africa

ISO 639-3xii

Population  87 in South Africa (2000). Population total all countries: 187.
Region  Also in Namibia.
Alternate names   Cape Hottentot, Gri, Grikwa, Griqua, Gry, Xirikwa, Xrikwa
Classification  Khoisan, Southern Africa, Central, Nama
Language use  A few isolated speakers (2000).
Comments  Nearly extinct.