Gǀwi

E927248

Gǀwi is a Khoe-Kwadi (Khoe) language spoken by the Gǀwi people of the central Kalahari region in Botswana.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Gǀui 3
G/wi 1
Gǀwi canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Khoe language ⓘ
Khoe-Kwadi language ⓘ
language ⓘ
belongsToMacroArea southern Africa ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Botswana ⓘ
ethnicGroup Gǀwi people ⓘ
linked to: Gǀui people
hasAlternativeName Gwi ⓘ
Gǀwi (Gwi) ⓘ
linked to: Gǀwi

Gǀwi Bushman ⓘ
hasConsonantType click consonants ⓘ
hasLanguageCodeISO639-3 gwj ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature noun class-like distinctions ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology SOV word order (tendential) ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature complex click inventory ⓘ
tonal contrasts ⓘ
isSpokenBy hunter-gatherer communities ⓘ
languageFamily Khoe-Kwadi ⓘ
neighboringLanguages Gana ⓘ
Naro ⓘ
Tswana ⓘ
linked to: Setswana
region Kalahari Desert ⓘ
spokenIn Botswana ⓘ
spokenInRegion central Kalahari ⓘ
linked to: Kalahari Desert
status endangered language ⓘ
minority language ⓘ
subfamily Khoe ⓘ
usedBy Gǀwi communities in Central Kalahari Game Reserve ⓘ
usedIn oral tradition ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Taa → neighboringLanguages → Gǀui ⓘ
linked to: Gǀwi
San peoples → hasNotableGroup → G/wi ⓘ
linked to: Gǀwi
Naro → relatedPeoples → Gǀui ⓘ
linked to: Gǀwi
Gǀwi → hasAlternativeName → Gǀwi (Gwi) ⓘ
linked to: Gǀwi
Kalahari Khoe → hasMemberLanguage → Gǀui ⓘ
linked to: Gǀwi