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Name: Kxoe

Type: Language

Alternate Names: "Mbarakwena"; "Barakwena" "Barakwengo"; Khwe; Hukwe; !Hukwe; Xuhwe; Xu; Zama; Vazama; Cazama; "Mbarakwengo"; Glanda-Khwe; Black Bushman; Schekere; Mbara Kwengo; Kxoedam; Khwedam; Khoe; Xun; "Water Bushmen"

Spoken in: South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Angola

Number of speakers: 4,000 in Namibia. 3,600 in West Caprivi and 400 in East Caprivi. Population total all countries: 7,990 (Ethnologue)

Number of speakers: 5000 (UNESCO)

Number of speakers: 9988 (World Oral Literature Project)

Code: xuu

Code Standard: ISO 639-3

Documentation: SIL

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

Parent Subgroup: West Kalahari (wkal)

Child Dialects: ||Ani (xuu-ani) ||Xo-Kxoe (xuu-xok) Buga-Kxoe; Buga; Boga; Buga-Khwe; Bukakhwe; "River Bushman"; ||Anikxoe; ||Ani-Khoe; Tannekwe; Gani-Khwe; Buka (xuu-bug) ||Xom-Kxoe (xuu-xom) Kxoedam (xuu-kxo) Buma-Kxoe (xuu-bum)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered

Ethnologue Status: Not listed

Sutherland's Red List: Endangered

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