Language name and location: Northwestern !Kung ,Angola [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 西北部昆语 (曼格蒂沙丘-昆语 Mangetti Dune !Xung), 安哥拉南部库内内省, 万博省和库安多古班哥省, 纳米比亚, 南非境内

1. nǀeʔe

2. tsʰa

3. ɡǃao  

4. nǃaʔa

5. nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǀeʔe ( 4+1 )

6. nǃaʔa kʰe ka tsʰa   ( 4+2 )

7. nǃaʔa kʰe ka ɡǃao  ( 4+3 )

8. nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǃaʔa ( 4+4 )

9. nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǀeʔe   ( 4+4+1 )

10. nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǃaʔa kʰe ka tsʰa   ( 4+4+2 ) 

11. nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǃaʔa kʰe ka ɡǃao  ( 4+4+3 ) 

12. nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǃaʔa ( 4+4+4 ) 

13. nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǀeʔe ( 4+4+4+1 ) 

14. nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǃaʔa kʰe ka tsʰa   ( 4+4+4+2 ) 

15. nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǃaʔa kʰe ka ɡǃao  ( 4+4+4+3 ) 

16. nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǃaʔa  ( 4+4+4+4 ) 

17. nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǀeʔe ( 4+4+4+4+1 ) 

18. nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǃaʔa kʰe ka tsʰa   ( 4+4+4+4+2 ) 

19. nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǃaʔa kʰe ka ɡǃao   ( 4+4+4+4+3 ) 

20. nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǃaʔa kʰe ka nǃaʔa  ( 4+4+4+4+4 ) 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Amanda L. Miller, Department of Linguistics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, December 21, 2011, May 30, 2020.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Amanda L. Miller, 2011 年 12 月 21 日, 2020 年 5 月 30 日.

Other comments: Northwestern !Kung or Mangetti Dune !Xun, !’O!Xun, Maligo, Sekela, Vasekela Bushman is spoken by approximately 15,000 speakers in Cunene province, Huambo province and Kuando Kubango province, Angola as well as Namibia and South Africa. Northwestern !Kung or Mangetti Dune !Xun has only four numerals and can count up to twenty. There are special 'click sounds 'ː [ǀ] is a lateral dental click;

[ǃ]  a (post) alveolar central click.