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Name: Shua

Type: Language

Alternate Names: Mashuakwe; Tshumakwe; Shua-Khwe;

Spoken in: Botswana

Number of speakers: 6,000 (2004 R. Cook). 100 Danisi (Voegelin and Voegelin 1977) (Ethnologue)

Number of speakers: 420 (UNESCO)

Number of speakers: 6000 (World Oral Literature Project)

Code: shg

Code Standard: ISO 639-3

Documentation: SIL

Families: Khoe-Kwadi (Kwadi-Khoe, Khoisan)

Parent Subgroup: East Kalahari; North-Central; North Central Tshu-Khwe (nctk)

Child Language: Ts'exa; Ts'ixa (1iy)

Child Dialects: |Oree-Khwe; |Oree; |Koree-Khoe (shg-ore) N|oo-Khwe; N|oo; N||ookhwe (shg-noo) ||'Aiye; |Aaye (shg-aiy) Danisi; Danisis; Danisa; Demisa; Madenasse; Madenassa; Madinnisane; Danisin (shg-dan) Deti (shg-det) Tshidi-Khwe; Tsh'iti; Tcaiti; Sili; Shete Tsere (shg-tsh) Ganádi; Ganade (shg-gan) Cara (shg-car) |Xaise; Xaise; |Haise; |Taise; |Hais; |Ais (shg-xai) Shua-Khwe; Mashuakwe (shg-shu)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Critically endangered

Ethnologue Status: Not listed

Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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