Seroa language
Seroa | |
---|---|
ǃUi | |
Region | South Africa |
Extinct | 1870s (Traill 2002)[1] |
Tuu
| |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kqu |
Glottolog | sero1239 |
Seroa, or ǃUi, is a
Sesotho name, literally "language of the Baroa (Bushmen)"; the people called themselves ǃUi (that is, ǃKwi), which just means 'people'. The language is labeled SIId in Dorothea Bleek
's classification.
Doculects
Güldemann (2019) lists the following doculects.[2]
Label | Researcher | Date | Origin | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
ǃUi | Wuras | > 1836 | Bethany | Bleek label SIId. |
ǃUi | Arbousset | 1836 | Mokhasi/Puchane | Bleek label SIId. |
Seroa was closely related to ǁŨǁʼe and Boshof ǃUi, but analysis of the recorded data has not been enough to determine the boundary between language and dialect.
References
- ^ Seroa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Tom Güldemann. 2019. Toward a subclassification of the ǃUi branch of Tuu. Paper presented at Afrikalinguistisches Forschungskolloquium at Humboldt Universiät zu Berlin, 8 January 2019. 10pp.