ǃGãǃne language

ǃGãǃne (ǃGãǃnge) is an extinct language or dialect of the ǃKwi family which was once spoken near Tsolo and in Umtata District in South Africa, south of Lesotho. It is very poorly attested, with the only material being 140 words collected from two semi-speakers in 1931.^[3][1][4]

NativetoSouth Africa

Regionnear Tsolo

Eraattested 1931^[1]

Language family

Tuu

• ǃKwi
  • Eastern
    • ǃGãǃne

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ǃGãǃne
ǃGãǃnge
Native to	South Africa
Region	near Tsolo
Era	attested 1931[1]
Language family	Tuu ǃKwi Eastern ǃGãǃne
Language codes
ISO 639-3	(covered by ser Seroa)
Glottolog	gane1238
!Gan!ne is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger [2]

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Like ǁXegwi, ǃGãǃne is considered an "outlier" among the ǃKwi languages by Güldemann (2005, 2011).^{[full citation needed]}