Kwadi

E403350

Kwadi is an extinct and poorly documented language of southwestern Angola, thought to be related to the Khoe languages within the proposed Khoe-Kwadi family.

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Kwadi canonical 2

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf African language ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
classificationStatus controversial ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Angola ⓘ
dataSources early 20th-century field notes ⓘ
limited wordlists ⓘ
documentationStatus poorly documented ⓘ
ethnicity Kwadi people ⓘ
evidenceForClassification limited lexical data ⓘ
structural similarities with Khoe ⓘ
extinctionStatus no native speakers remaining ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Kwadi (language) ⓘ
Kwadi language ⓘ
linked to: Kwadi (language)
hasLexicalSimilarityWith Khoekhoe ⓘ
linked to: Khoisan languages

Khwe ⓘ
Naro ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature click consonants ⓘ
hasLinguisticRelation Khoe languages ⓘ
Kwadi branch ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature agglutinative tendencies ⓘ
hasNeighboringLanguages Bantu languages of Angola ⓘ
Khoe languages of Namibia ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature complex consonant inventory ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticStatus marginalized language community ⓘ
hasSpeakerCommunity Kwadi hunter-gatherer groups ⓘ
ISO639-3Code kwz ⓘ
isPartOf Khoisan linguistic area ⓘ
languageCodeStandard ISO 639-3 ⓘ
languageEndangermentCause language shift to neighboring languages ⓘ
languageFamily Khoe ⓘ
Khoe-Kwadi ⓘ
linguisticDocumentationType fragmentary ⓘ
linguisticTypology Khoisan language ⓘ
region southwestern Angola ⓘ
researchStatus poorly attested ⓘ
spokenBy small population ⓘ
spokenIn Cunene Province ⓘ
Namibe Province ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
subclassOf Khoe languages ⓘ
Khoe-Kwadi languages ⓘ
usedIn precolonial Angola ⓘ
writingSystem none ⓘ

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