Social:ǂUngkue language
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Short description: Extinct ǃKwi language of Southern Africa
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| ǂUngkue | |
|---|---|
| Native to | South Africa |
| Region | Vaal River |
| Extinct | mid 20th centurye25 |
Tuu
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gku |
| Glottolog | kxau1242[1] |
ǂUngkue is an extinct ǃKwi language or dialect of the Vaal River region of South Africa, with records of it being spoken in Warrenton. It was recorded by Carl Meinhof, and was closely related to the neighboring ǁKā language (or dialect) recorded by Dorothea Bleek; they in turn are related to Nǁng, which has a single remaining speaker as of 2023. It has the Bleek label SIIb.
Like ǀXam, ǂUngkue used 'inclusory' pronouns for compound subjects:[2]
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Doculects
Güldemann (2019) lists the following doculect:[3]
| Label | Researcher | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ǁKhʼau | Meinhof | 1929 | Warrenton-Windsorton | Bleek label SIIb. |
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "ǂUngkue". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/kxau1242.
- ↑ Meinhof, Carl (1928–1929). "Versuch einer grammatischen Skizze einer Buschmannsprache". Zeitschrift für Eingeborenensprachen XIX (3): 161–188.
- ↑ Tom Güldemann. 2019. Toward a subclassification of the ǃUi branch of Tuu. Paper presented at Afrikalinguistisches Forschungskolloquium at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, 8 January 2019. 10pp.
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