Also Known As:
Ju, !Xun (Ekoka), Kung-Ekoka, !Kung, Ekoka-!Xû, Kung, !Ku, !Xu, !Hu, Qxü !Khung, !Xung, Ekoka
Dialects & Varieties
- Southeastern !Xun
- Northwestern !Xun
- Central !Xun
The twelve modern Khoisan languages
Matthias Brenzinger. 2011. "The Twelve Modern Khoisan Languages." In Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Khoisan Languages and Linguistics,
Vulnerable
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
14,000-18,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Angola, Namibia, South Africa
Location Description
"!Xun from Angola now live west of Kimberley in Platfontein (with few still in Schmidtsdrift)... Many of the approximately 1,300 !Xun speakers (Kofi Ayisa, p.c.) living in the border area of northern Namibia are immigrants from Angola. Up to 400 of them live in resettlement schemes, i.e. Ekoka (185), Onamatadiva (132), Oshana-Shiwa (85), and Eendobe (62)."
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Other Languages Used By The Community
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Writing Systems
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Recent Resources
With only one remaining fluent speaker, the Yaghan language is on the verge of dying out.
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Summary of the deposit
The deposit contains digital copies of Oswin Köhler’s (1911-1996) audio reco