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Preferred term

nhrNaro  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Naro (also Nharo) is a Khoe language spoken in the Ghanzi District of Botswana and in eastern Namibia, where it is sometimes called Nharo. There are about 14,000 speakers: 10,000 in Botswana (2004 Cook) and 4,000 in Namibia (1998 Maho). This makes it probably the most-spoken of the Tshu–Khwe languages. Naro is a trade language among speakers of different Khoe languages in the Ghanzi District. There is currently a dictionary.

Entry terms

  • Naro language

ISO 639-3 code

  • nhr

Notation

  • nhr

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URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/nhr

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