ǂHaba (ǂHabá) is a variety of the

Khoe languages The Khoe or Khoi ( ) languages are the largest of the non- Bantu language families indigenous to Southern Africa. They were once considered to be a branch of a Khoisan language family, and were known as Central Khoisan in that scenario. Though ...

spoken in

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. Traditionally included in the Gǁana dialect cluster, it appears to be closer to

Naro Naro ( ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Agrigento, on the island of Sicily, Italy. It is bounded by the comuni of Agrigento, Caltanissetta, Camastra, Campobello di Licata, Canicattì, Castrofilippo, Delia, Favara, Licata, Palma di ...

. It is endangered, with most ǂHaba speaking Naro.

Phonology

ǂHaba has the click inventory of Naro, with the glottalized series that not all Naro dialects have.

Tones

There are seven tones in (bimoraic) roots with a nasal onset (high and mid level, high and low falling, mid–low, low–mid, and low–high), six tones with a voiceless onset, and four tones elsewhere (voiced but not nasal).

References

Bibliography

*Hirosi Nakagawa (2011) 'ǂHaba Tonology'. ''4th International Symposium on Khoisan Languages and Linguistics,'' Riezlern.

External links

ǂHaba basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:ǂHaba language Click languages Khoe languages Languages of Botswana