| ǂHaba | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Botswana |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | qabe1238 |
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ǂHaba (ǂHabá) is a variety of theKhoe languages spoken inBotswana. Traditionally included in theGǁana dialect cluster, it appears to be closer toNaro. It is endangered, with most ǂHaba speaking Naro.
ǂHaba has the click inventory of Naro, with the glottalized series that not all Naro dialects have.
There are seven tones in (bimoraic) roots with a nasal onset (high and mid level, high and low falling, mid–low, low–mid, and low–high), six tones with a voiceless onset, and four tones elsewhere (voiced but not nasal).