has gloss | eng: The Tuu or Taa-ǃKwi (Taa-ǃUi, ǃUi-Taa, Kwi) languages are a language family consisting of two language clusters spoken in Botswana and South Africa. The relationship between the two is not doubted, but is not close. The name Tuu comes from a word for person common to both branches of the family. The Tuu languages form in turn one branch of a proposed Khoisan language family, and are called Southern Khoisan in that scenario. However, no convincing evidence has ever been produced for this classification. |
has gloss | eng: The ǃKwi branch of South Africa is moribund, with only one language remaining, Nǀuu, and that with only a dozen elderly speakers. ǃKwi languages were once widespread across South Africa; the most famous, ǀXam, was the source of the modern national motto of that nation, . |