Ekoka !Kung - Dialects

Dialects

Heine & Honken (2010) place Ekoka in the Northern–Western branch of !Xun (!Kung), where Ekoka is equivalent to the Western branch. They distinguish three varieties:

  • Western !Xun (Kung-Ekoka)
    • Tsintsabis (natively !xūún; spoken in Tsintsabis, Tsumeb district, N Namibia)
    • |Akhwe (natively !xūún, ǀʼākhòè !xòān "Kwanyama !Xun"; spoken in Eenhana, N Namibia)
    • (natively !xūún, !ʼālè !xòān "Valley !Xun"; spoken in Eenhana district, N Namibia)

Sands et al. place it in its own branch, which they call North-Central Ju:

  • North-Central Ju (Namibia, between the Ovambo River and the Angolan border, around the tributaries of the Okavango River east of Rundu to the Etosha Pan)
    • Tsintsabis
    • ǀʼAkhwe
    • Okongo
    • Ovambo
    • Mpunguvlei

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