ǂHaba language
| ǂHaba | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Botswana |
Kwadi-Khoe
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
ǂHaba (ǂHabá) is a variety of the Khoe languages spoken in Botswana. Traditionally included in the Gǁana–Gǀwi dialect cluster, it may actually be closer to Naro.
Phonology
ǂHaba has the click inventory of Naro, with a glottalized (/ǀˀ/) series that not all Naro dialects have. There are seven tones in (bimoraic) roots with a nasal onset (high and mid level, high and low falling, mid–low, low–mid, and low–high), six tones with a voiceless onset, and four tones elsewhere (voiced but not nasal).