Also Known As:
Ju/'hoan, Agau, Kung-Tsumkwe, Xu, Xun, Kung, !Xo, Zhu'oasi, Dzu'oasi, Tsumkwe, Dobe Kung, Xaixai, Žhu|hõasi, Ju/'hoansi
Dialects & Varieties
- Nogau
- Dzu'oasi
Patrick Dickens’s Ju/’hoan linguistics work: educational and political implications
Megan Biesele. 1995. "Patrick Dickens’s Ju/’hoan Linguistics Work: Educational and Political Implications." In The complete linguist: papers in memory of Patrick J. Dickens, edited by Anthony Traill et al. 45-68. Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
"Dictionary and grammar by Patrick Dickens."
Location and Context
Countries
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Location Description
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Government Support
The Namibian Government has made a massive commitment to Dickens orthography. The Educational Program of the Nyae Nyae Development Foundation of Namibia officially began in 1991
Institutional Support
Language curriculum materials and an adult literacy program. Dickens orthography was adopted as the official educational orthography of the Nyae Nyae Farmers' Cooperative.
Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
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Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
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Comments on writing systems:
"Revised and streamlined by Patrick Dickens creating an academically sound version of Snyman's earlier orthography."
Recent Resources
This is a PowerPoint presentation with some photographs showing what goes on in Tsumkwe and the surr
A community-based project working to empower the Juǀ'hoan San community through literacy, the develo
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