Language name and location: ‖Xegwi, Lake Chrissie, South Africa [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 希里语 (吉里语 Giri), 南非东北部姆普马兰加省克里西斯湖地区

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Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Mark Rosenfelder, The Author of the website "Numbers from 1 to 10 in over 5000 languages", Chicago, USA, October 7 2023.

提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Mark Rosenfelder, 2023 年 10 月 7 日.

Other comments: ǁXegwi (pronounced /ˈzɛɡwiː/), also known as Batwa, is an extinct ǃKwi language spoken at Lake Chrissie in South Africa, near the Swazi border. The last known speaker, Jopi Mabinda, was murdered in 1988. However, a reporter for the South African newspaper Mail & Guardian reports that ǁXegwi may still be spoken in the Chrissiesmeer district. ǁXegwi has only recorded traditional numerals from 1 to 2 years ago. New data for numbers after two is required. 

Notes: The symbol 'ǀ' is a dental click, 'ǃ' a (post) alveolar lateral click and 'ǁ' an alveolar click.

Phonology[

ǁXegwi lost the abrupt clicks (the various manners of ǂ and ǃ) found in its relatives. It reacquired ǃ from Nguni Bantu languages, but clicks remained relatively infrequent, compared to other Tuu languages. It also had a series of uvular plosives not found in other Tuu languages.