Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ǁxegwi

/kɛ.ɡwi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ǁx-eg-wi
IPA: /kɛ.ɡwi/

16

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An extinct language formerly spoken in South Africa near the Swazi border.

Example Sentences

"They also occur in ǁxegwi but not in other "Bush" languages."
"[…] variety known as ǁXegwi was spoken. In the 1950s there were fewer than 36 speakers left. They were described as still knowing their language 'fairly well' and being bilingual in 'Swazi-Zulu' and Afrikaans (Potgieter 1955), […]"
"TABLE 11.2 Loss of ancestral ! clicks in ǁXegwi."

Etymology

Borrowed from ǁXegwi.

Questions

How do you pronounce ǁxegwi?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɛ.ɡwi/.
What does ǁxegwi mean?: An extinct language formerly spoken in South Africa near the Swazi border.
Where does ǁxegwi come from?: Borrowed from ǁXegwi.

How to pronounce ǁxegwi

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