Lower Nossob language
Extinct Khoisan language of Botswana
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::summary Extinct Khoisan language of Botswana ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Lower Nossob |
| states | South Africa, Botswana |
| region | Nossob River |
| extinct | 2005 |
| ref | |
| familycolor | Khoisan |
| fam1 | Tuu |
| fam2 | Taa–Lower Nossob |
| dia1 | ǀʼAuni |
| dia2 | ǀHaasi |
| iso3 | nsb |
| glotto | lowe1407 |
| glottorefname | Lower-Nosop |
| map | Lang Status 01-EX.svg |
| mapcaption | |
| ethnicity | ǀʼAuni |
| :: |
| name = Lower Nossob | states = South Africa, Botswana | region = Nossob River | extinct = 2005 | ref = | familycolor = Khoisan | fam1 = Tuu | fam2 = Taa–Lower Nossob | dia1 = ǀʼAuni | dia2 = ǀHaasi | iso3 = nsb | glotto = lowe1407 | glottorefname = Lower-Nosop | map = Lang Status 01-EX.svg | mapcaption = | ethnicity = ǀʼAuni
Lower Nossob is an extinct Khoisan language once spoken along the Nossob River on the border of South Africa and Botswana, near Namibia. It was closely related to the Taa language.
There are two attested dialects: ǀʼAuni (pronounced ), or ǀʼAuo, recorded by Dorothea Bleek, and ǀHaasi, recorded by Robert Story. ǀʼAuni is the word they formerly used for themselves; ǀʼAuo (or ǀʼAu) is what they called their language. ǀauni, ǁauni, Auni are misspellings. Other renderings of the name ǀHaasi are Kʼuǀha꞉si, Kiǀhasi, and Kiǀhazi.
Doculects
Güldemann (2017) lists the following doculects as being Lower Nossob.
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| Label | Researcher | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ǀʼAuni | D. Bleek | 1937 | Bleek label SIV. |
| Khatia | D. Bleek | (notes) | = ǂʼEinkusi? Bleek label SIVa. |
| Kiǀhazi | Story | (notes) | = ǀHaasi. Bleek label SIVb. |
| :: |
References
References
- "Lower Nossob". [[UNESCO]].
- (2010). "Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger". UNESCO.
- Treis, Yvonne. (1998). "Language, identity, and conceptualization among the Khoisan". Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
- Güldemann, Tom. (2017). "Casting a Wider Net over Nǁng: The Older Archival Resources". Anthropological Linguistics.
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