ǂUngkue dialect
Extinct ǃKwi language of Southern Africa
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ǂUngkue is an extinct ǃKwi speech variety of the Vaal River region of South Africa, with records of it being spoken in Warrenton. It was recorded by Carl Meinhof, and was closely related to the neighboring ǁKā dialect recorded by Dorothea Bleek; they in turn are related to Nǁng, which has a single remaining speaker as of 2023. ǂUngkue has the Bleek label SIIb.
| ǂUngkue | |
|---|---|
| ǁKhʼau | |
| Native to | South Africa |
| Region | Vaal River |
| Extinct | mid 20th century[1] |
Tuu
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gku |
| Glottolog | kxau1242 |
Like ǀXam, ǂUngkue used 'inclusory' pronouns for compound subjects:[2]
ǃhoeti
lion
nan
and
koro
jackal
nan
and
tuē
ostrich
n
they
a
?PAST
ǁʼa
go
'The lion and jackal and ostrich, they went'.
