Kgalagadi
Khalagari; Khalakadi; Kxhalaxadi; Qhalaxarzi; Shekgalagadi; Sekgalagadi; Kgalagari; Qhalaxadi; Kalahari; Qalaqarzi; Kxalaxari; Kxhxlaxadi
Niger-Congo; Atlantic-Congo; Benue-Congo; Southern Bantoid
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"We have arrived at a figure of between 10,000 and 15,000, but this estimate is highly uncertain."
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"Spoken by the Bakgalagadi, who are widely spread over much of Botswana. They live mainly in the Kgalagadi desert or on its outskirts."
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"Spoken by the Bakgalagadi, who are widely spread over much of Botswana. They live mainly in the Kgalagadi desert or on its outskirts."
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"It has been reported (Vossen 1988b) that young speakers in Ngamiland tend to abandon Sekgalagadi in favour of Setswana... it may not be advisable to assume that the trend is necessarily the same in the whole country.... Still, in view of the low social position of the speakers and considerable pressure from Setswana, the language is likely to lose many speakers as time goes by. However, it is also true that the social situation, including how speakers perceive the situation of themselves and their language, may well change. This may actually be happening in this case. Solway (1994) reports that the Bakgalagadi in recent years assert themselves much more than before and show much pride in their language."

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With the chief, at the clinic, singing to oneself, church, writing
"Nothing has been published in Kgalagari, although a T-shirt with a Kgalagari proverb was recently printed and and sold in Kgalagari District." "Most of the people in the Ghanzi District speak two or more languages. More people said that they speak Tswana as a second language than any other language. "

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//Gana, ≠Kx'au//'ein, Afrikaans, English, Herero, Kalanga, Naro, Tswana
With the chief, at the clinic, singing to oneself, church, writing
"Nothing has been published in Kgalagari, although a T-shirt with a Kgalagari proverb was recently printed and and sold in Kgalagari District." "Most of the people in the Ghanzi District speak two or more languages. More people said that they speak Tswana as a second language than any other language. "

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//Gana, ≠Kx'au//'ein, Afrikaans, English, Herero, Kalanga, Naro, Tswana
With the chief, at the clinic, singing to oneself, church, writing
"Nothing has been published in Kgalagari, although a T-shirt with a Kgalagari proverb was recently printed and and sold in Kgalagari District." "Most of the people in the Ghanzi District speak two or more languages. More people said that they speak Tswana as a second language than any other language. "

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//Gana, ≠Kx'au//'ein, Afrikaans, English, Herero, Kalanga, Naro, Tswana
With the chief, at the clinic, singing to oneself, church, writing
"Nothing has been published in Kgalagari, although a T-shirt with a Kgalagari proverb was recently printed and and sold in Kgalagari District." "Most of the people in the Ghanzi District speak two or more languages. More people said that they speak Tswana as a second language than any other language. "

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//Gana, ≠Kx'au//'ein, Afrikaans, English, Herero, Kalanga, Naro, Tswana
With the chief, at the clinic, singing to oneself, church, writing
"Nothing has been published in Kgalagari, although a T-shirt with a Kgalagari proverb was recently printed and and sold in Kgalagari District." "Most of the people in the Ghanzi District speak two or more languages. More people said that they speak Tswana as a second language than any other language. "

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//Gana, ≠Kx'au//'ein, Afrikaans, English, Herero, Kalanga, Naro, Tswana
With the chief, at the clinic, singing to oneself, church, writing
"Nothing has been published in Kgalagari, although a T-shirt with a Kgalagari proverb was recently printed and and sold in Kgalagari District." "Most of the people in the Ghanzi District speak two or more languages. More people said that they speak Tswana as a second language than any other language. "

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//Gana, ≠Kx'au//'ein, Afrikaans, English, Herero, Kalanga, Naro, Tswana
With the chief, at the clinic, singing to oneself, church, writing
"Nothing has been published in Kgalagari, although a T-shirt with a Kgalagari proverb was recently printed and and sold in Kgalagari District." "Most of the people in the Ghanzi District speak two or more languages. More people said that they speak Tswana as a second language than any other language. "
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- ... = The distribution and formation processes of San-Kgalagadi mixed settlements in the Ghanzi District, BotswanaIkeya, Kazunobu. 1995. "... = The Distribution and Formation Processes of San-Kgalagadi Mixed Settlements in the Ghanzi District, Botswana." In Hokkaido daigaku bungakubu kiyo, 44 , no. 2: 113-128.
- Interaction between San and Kgalagadi in the colonial eraIkeya, Kazunobu. 1998. "Interaction Between San and Kgalagadi in the Colonial Era." In The proceedings of the Khoisan identities and cultural heritage conference, held at the South African Museum, Cape Town, 12-16 July 1997, edited by Andrew Bank et al.. 59-66. Infosource; Inst. of Historical Research, Univ. of Western Cape.
- S.30 Sotho-Tswana group: S.31a Tswana (Chwana), S.31b Kgatla, S.31c Ngwatu, S.31d Kxalaxadi, S.32a Pedi (North Suthu), S.33 South Sotho (Suthu)Guthrie, Malcolm. 1971. "S.30 Sotho-Tswana Group: S.31a Tswana (Chwana), S.31b Kgatla, S.31c Ngwatu, S.31d Kxalaxadi, S.32a Pedi (North Suthu), S.33 South Sotho (Suthu)." In Comparative Bantu, v. 2: 62-63. Gregg International.
- Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
- The Shekgalagadi Struggle for Survival: Aspects of Language Maintenance and ShiftStephen T. M. Lukusa. 2000. "The Shekgalagadi Struggle For Survival: Aspects of Language Maintenance and Shift." In Botswana: the Future of the Minority Languages, edited by Herman M. Batibo and Birgit Smieja. 56-77. Peter Lang.
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)http://www.ethnologue.com/
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