Gǀui dialect
Gǀui or Gǀwi (pronounced /ˈɡwiː/ GWEE in English, and also spelled ǀGwi, Dcui, Gcwi, or Cgui) is a Khoe dialect of Botswana with 2,500 speakers (2004 Cook). It is part of the Gǁana dialect cluster, and is closely related to Naro. It has a number of loan words from ǂʼAmkoe. Gǀui, ǂʼAmkoe, and Taa form the core of the Kalahari Basin sprachbund, and share a number of characteristic features, including extremely large consonant inventories.
| Gǀui | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | ᶢǀúi |
| Native to | Botswana |
| Ethnicity | 1,500 Gǀui (2013) |
Native speakers | 1,500 (2013) 1,500 all Gǁana dialects (2011) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gwj |
| Glottolog | gwii1239 |
| ELP | |Gui |
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