Talk:ǂHõã

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, the ISO 639-3 code for the language is huc. Following that lead, I found this information in ethnologue.com :
 * =|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. If someone wants to re-RFV, please feel free. —Ruakh TALK 14:54, 7 June 2009 (UTC)