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ALSO KNOWN AS		≠Kx'au//'ein, Gobabis Kung, Kaukau, Kung-Gobabis, ≠Kx'ao//'ae, Tcg'aox'ãe, //Au/ei, ≠X'ao//'ai, Koko, Auen
CLASSIFICATION		Kx'a
ORTHOGRAPHY		Yes
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		aue
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Nogau
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Information from: “A sociolinguistic survey of the languages of Botswana” (1-142) . Hasselbring, Sue (2000) Basarwa Languages Project, Collaborative Basarwa Research Programme of the Univ. of Botswana & Univ. of Tromsø

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000-9,999
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Estimated 2,318-2,832 in northern Ghanzi District, Botswana

DATE OF INFO: 1995

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

Positive

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

Bible translation

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Afrikaans
English
Herero
Naro
Kgalagari
Tswana
Nama
!Xóõ

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"Since the late 1970's some parts of the Bible have been translated into ≠Kx'au//'ein through the Bible Society of Namibia."

"Most of the people in the Ghanzi District speak two or more languages. More people said that they speak Tswana as a second language than any other language. However, people often indicated that they spoke other languages more fluently than Tswana. This was especially true for speakers of ≠Kx'au//'ein, many of whom said they speak Naro better than Tswana

Scripts (Writing system)

Yes

PLACES: Botswana, Namibia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Ghanzi, Northwest, Botswana; Namibia

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
7,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
4,000 in Namibia (2006)

PLACES: Botswana; Namibia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Ovamboland Territory, Ekoka. Also in Botswana.

	Sociolinguistic studies of Botswana language series				2000	A sociolinguistic survey of the languages of Botswana		1-142				Basarwa Languages Project, Collaborative Basarwa Research Programme of the Univ. of Botswana & Univ. of Tromsø		v. 1	Gaborone						Hasselbring, Sue	Sue Hasselbring. 2000. "A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Languages of Botswana." v. 1: 1-142. Basarwa Languages Project, Collaborative Basarwa Research Programme of the Univ. of Botswana & Univ. of Tromsø.	EBALL						1995	1000-9999	Estimated 2,318-2,832 in northern Ghanzi District, Botswana				Church, writing	Afrikaans, English, Herero, Naro, Kgalagari, Tswana, Nama, !Xóõ,			Positive	"Since the late 1970's some parts of the Bible have been translated into ≠Kx'au//'ein through the Bible Society of Namibia." "Most of the people in the Ghanzi District speak two or more languages. More people said that they speak Tswana as a second language than any other language. However, people often indicated that they spoke other languages more fluently than Tswana. This was especially true for speakers of ≠Kx'au//'ein, many of whom said they speak Naro better than Tswana	Bible translation		Threatened (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				11				Botswana, Namibia	Ghanzi, Northwest, Botswana; Namibia	-21.238182,21.64135
			16		2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)				M. Paul Lewis		SIL International			Dallas, TX					http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub					7,000		1000-9999	4,000 in Namibia (2006)												Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)								Botswana; Namibia	Ovamboland Territory, Ekoka. Also in Botswana.	-17.683,17.4

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Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000-9,999

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

7,000

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ǂKx'au||'ein

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Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000-9,999

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

7,000

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