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ISO 639-3 · naqnaq
Khoisan family · extinct or historical language
Khoekhoe
Khoekhoegowab
Khoekhoe is an extinct or historical language of the Khoe branch (Khoisan), spoken in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. Wikidata counts about 250,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Khoe language spoken in southern Africa”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
naq- Glottocode
nort3245- Family
- Khoisan
- EGIDS
- 4 Educational
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Wikipedia
- 51 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
4EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Khoekhoe · Khoekhoegowab |
|---|---|
| Also called | Khoekhoegowab language, Nàmá language, Nama language, Khoekhoe language, Damara |
| All speakers | 250,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Kind | extinct or historical language |
Vitality
EGIDS 4 Educational4
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Khoisan to Khoekhoe
The branches above Khoekhoe, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in South Africa
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