Holoholo
[aka Kiholoholo, Horohoro, Guha]Classification: Niger-Congo
·vulnerable
Classification: Niger-Congo
·vulnerable
Kiholoholo, Horohoro, Guha, Kalanga, Kikalanga, Ikalanga, Lilima, Sekalaka, Chikalanga |
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Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Benue-Congo, Southern Bantoid |
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Yes |
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ISO 639-3 |
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hoo |
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As csv |
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Information from: “A sociolinguistic survey of the languages of Botswana” (1-142) . Hasselbring, Sue (2000) Basarwa Languages Project, Collaborative Basarwa Research Programme of the Univ. of Botswana & Univ. of Tromsø
~150,000 speakers in Botswana
"Over three fourths of… Kalanga [Holoholo] respondents also said that they speak their own languages best."
"Among the youth and children however, //Gana, Kalanga [Holoholo] and especially Nambya… are showing some signs of losing vitality."
Tswana
English
Herero
Nambya
Ndebele
Khoesan
Kuhane
Yeyi
"Kalanga [Holoholo] is used as a mediium of education for the first several years of school in some parts of Zimbabwe. The Kalanga Bible Translation Project has recently completed the New Testament in Kalanga. Mukani Action Campaign is a group of Kalanga writers who are publishing and selling books in Kalanga."
"!Goro, //Gana, Kalanga [Holoholo], Kua, and Nambya being used by all ages of speakers, although none have institutional support."
"Literacy efforts in Kalanga [Holoholo] first began in the early 1900's."
Northeast, Tutume, Boteti, Botswana
"Kalanga speakers live primarily in the Northeast District and Central District [of Botswana], specifically in Boteti and Tutume Subdistricts and to a lesser extent in Serowe Subdistrict. Kalanga is also spoken in Zimbabwe in the area around Plumtree."
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
Information from: “Linguistic Barriers as a Hindrance to Information Flow: The Case of Botswana” (95-104) . Herman M. Batibo and Naledi Mosaka (2000) , Herman M. Batibo and Birgit Smieja · Peter Lang
Setswana
English
"... the Ikalanga South is closer to Francistown, where most speakers are proficient in Setswana due to the cosmopolitan nature of the area."
Information from: “Phonologie historique du holoholo” (317-348) . Kamba-Muzenga, Jean-Georges (1987)
"La langue holoholo... est parlée dans la région de Kalemie au Shaba."