Khwe

Facts

  • Language: Khwe
  • Alternate names: Kxoe, Khoe, Buga, Mbarakwena, Barakwena, Barakwengo, Hukwe, !Hukwe, Xuhwe, Xu, Zama, Vazama, Cazama, Mbarakwengo, Glanda-Khwe, Schekere, Mbara Kwengo, Kxoedam, Khwedam, Xun
  • Language code: xuu
  • Language family: Khoisan, Southern Africa, Central, Tshu-Khwe, Northwest (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 7,000
  • Vulnerability: Threatened
  • Script: Latin script, developed in 2006.

More information:

    Traditional religion, Christian.

    Khwe [xuu] and ||Ani [hnh] form a dialect cluster.