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Name: Xiri
Alternate Names: Khiri; Grikwa; Griqua; Xrikwa; Xirikwa; Gry; Cape Hottentot; Gri; Cap-Dialekt
Spoken in: South Africa
Number of speakers: 87 in South Africa (2000). Population total all countries: 187 (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 87 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 87 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: xii
Code Authority: ISO 639-3
Code Standard: SIL
Families: Khoe-Kwadi (Kwadi-Khoe, Khoisan)
Parent Subgroup: South Khoekhoe (skho)

Endangerment Status


Linguist List Status: Nearly Extinct
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered
Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct
Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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