ǁXegwi

/kɛ.ɡwi/

proper noun

An extinct language formerly spoken in South Africa near the Swazi border.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An extinct language formerly spoken in South Africa near the Swazi border.

    TABLE 11.2 Loss of ancestral ! clicks in ǁXegwi.

    2009, Rudolf P. Botha, Chris Knight, The Cradle of Language, page 216
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    They also occur in ǁxegwi but not in other "Bush" languages.

    1980, Jannie Winston Snyman, Bushman and Hottentot linguistic studies, page 75

    […] variety known as ǁXegwi was spoken. In the 1950s there were fewer than 36 speakers left. They were described as still knowing their language 'fairly well' and being bilingual in 'Swazi-Zulu' and Afrikaans (Potgieter 1955), […]

    1995, Rajend Mesthrie, Language and social history: studies in South African sociolinguistics, page 13

Origin

Borrowed from ǁXegwi.

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APA

ǁXegwi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C7%81Xegwi

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“ǁXegwi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C7%81Xegwi. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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