Khwe (Kxoe)–English Word List
Khwedam
Khwe is one of the larger surviving Khoe languages, spoken across four countries by San and Khoe communities. It is threatened rather than moribund, but displacement and schooling in dominant languages are eroding transmission.
- Family
- Khoe-Kwadi, Khoe (Kalahari branch)
- Countries
- Namibia, Botswana, Angola, Zambia
- Region
- Zambezi and Okavango regions
- Speakers
- Several thousand, unevenly distributed
- Status
- Threatened
- Livelihood
- Tracking & veld gathering
- Entries
- 0
- Edition
- First digital edition, 2026
How to use this list
Entries are ordered by their English meaning. Each entry gives the Khwe (Kxoe) headword, pronunciation where recorded, part of speech, the English sense, and an example sentence when a speaker supplied one. Words marked community contribution were submitted through the public archive and approved by Discussion Dictionary editors before publication.
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Acknowledgements
This edition draws on published linguistic description and editorial research. Compiled and edited by the Discussion Dictionary editorial team.
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