ISO 639-3 · xuuxuu
Khoisan family
Khwe
Khwe is a language of the Khoe branch (Khoisan), spoken in Angola, Botswana and Namibia. Wikidata describes it as “dialect continuum of the Khoe family of Namibia, Angola, Botswana, South Africa, and small parts of Zambia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
xuu- Glottocode
kxoe1243- Family
- Khoisan
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 14 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
—scripts
3levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Khwe |
|---|---|
| Also called | Khwe language, Kxoe language, Khwedam language, Kxoe, Khoe language |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Khoisan to Khwe
The branches above Khwe, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Angola
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