Talk:ǂHõã

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ǂHõã

I have a bit of a problem with this, just because I can't believe there isn't some more common name for this language in "English", which doesn't require a character like ǂ. Especially since it has fewer than 500 raw Google hits. I'm just a bit suspicious of Wikipedia, because they tend to go in for hypercorrection with things like this. Any thoughts? Ƿidsiþ 15:18, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

According to Wikipedia article on ǂHõã, the ISO 639-3 code for the language is huc. Following that lead, I found this information in ethnologue.com [1]:

=|Hua

A language of Botswana

ISO 639-3: huc

Population 200 (2004 Cook).

Region Southern Kalahari Desert, Kweneng District. Sasi are in southwestern Mahalapye

Subdistrict of the Central District.

Alternate names =|Hua-Owani, |Hua, |Hû, =|Hoan, =|Hoa

Dialects =|Hua, Sasi. Related to !Xóõ.

Classification Khoisan, Southern Africa, Southern, Hua

Language use Diminishing in number of speakers. Speakers are older adults.

The writer of Wikipedia article gives no explanation as to where he/she has taken the spelling from, unless it is hidden in the links. --Hekaheka 16:04, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

See ǂ: this is probably one of those "clicking" languages, and I suppose =| is how people write ǂ in plain ASCII where the symbol isn't available. I'm definitely no expert on this though. Equinox 16:09, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Yes, the spellings "=|Hoa" and "=|Hua" are often used because they are easy to type, but those names are not possible here. Entries cannot begin with =|. The proper spelling is ǂHõã with the ǂ. —Stephen 18:44, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Right, is a palatal click, in this case fairly high frequency. Is very fortunate that we can handle the symbols because | is a problem (and = as well, although less so). As a language name, this sorts under H in entries and translations tables. Robert Ullmann 19:12, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

I added |=Hua / Hoa as alt spellings (without links)- how does that look? Nadando 04:12, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Kept, but not actually "passed". I've added {{rfquote}}. If someone wants to re-RFV, please feel free. —Ruakh_TALK 14:54, 7 June 2009 (UTC)