Kgalagadi is a
Bantu language
The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu people of Central, Southern, Eastern africa and Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages.
The t ...
spoken in
Botswana
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, along the
South Africa
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n border. It is spoken by about people.
In the language, it is known as ''Shekgalagari''.
Classification
Kgalagadi (also rendered ''Kgalagari, Kgalagarhi, Kgalagari, Khalagari, Khalakadi, Kxhalaxadi, Qhalaxarzi, Shekgalagadi, Shekgalagari, Kqalaqadi'') is most closely related to
Tswana, and until recently was classified as a dialect of
Tswana.
Dialects include ''Shengologa, Sheshaga, Shebolaongwe, Shelala, Shekhena, Sheritjhauba'' and ''Shekgwatheng.''
Notes and references
Languages of Botswana
Sotho-Tswana languages
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