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Tsoa  

Definition

  • Tsoa, Tshwa or Tshuwau, also known as Kua and Hiechware, is a language spoken in southwest Africa, belonging to the Khoisan language family. It is considered part of the Khoe-kwadi language group, the northern branch of the Khoisan languages. Tsoa is spoken by about 6 500 people, mainly pastoralists or hunter/gatherers settled in the northeastern part of Botswana and Zimbabwe. One of the dialects is Tjwao (or Tshwao) spoken in Zimbabwe, where it is a language officially recognised in the constitution. Tsoa is a tonal language and is distinguished (like all Khoisan languages) by the presence of numerous click consonants, produced by snapping the tongue against the palate or teeth.

Entry terms

  • Hiechware

Identifier

  • HIO

Notation

  • hio

In other languages

  • език цоа

    Bulgarian

  • tsoa

    Croatian

  • čvanština

    Czech

  • tsoa

    Danish

  • Tsoa

    Dutch

  • tsoa

    Estonian

  • tsoa

    Finnish

  • tsoa

    French

  • Tsoa

    German

  • τσόα

    Greek

  • tsoa

    Hungarian

  • tsoa

    Irish

  • tsoa

    Italian

  • coa

    Latvian

  • tsvanų

    Lithuanian

  • Tsoa

    Maltese

  • tsoa

    Polish

  • tsoa

    Portuguese

  • tsoa

    Romanian

  • tsoa

    Slovak

  • tsoa

    Slovenian

  • tsoa

    Spanish

  • tsoa

    Swedish

URI

http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/HIO

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