ǂUngkue is an extinct ǃKwi language or dialect of the Vaal River region of South Africa, with records of it being spoken in Warrenton. It was recorded by Carl Meinhof, and was closely related to the neighboring ǁKā language (or dialect) recorded by Dorothea Bleek; they in turn are related to Nǁng, which has a single remaining speaker as of 2023. It has the Bleek label SIIb.
| ǂUngkue | |
|---|---|
| Native to | South Africa |
| Region | Vaal River |
| Extinct | mid 20th century[1] |
Tuu
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gku |
| Glottolog | kxau1242 |
Like ǀXam, ǂUngkue used 'inclusory' pronouns for compound subjects:
ǃhoeti
lion
nan
and
koro
jackal
nan
and
tuē
ostrich
n
they
a
?PAST
‖ʼa
go
'The lion and jackal and ostrich, they went'. (Meinhof 1929)
Doculects
Güldemann (2019) lists the following doculect:[2]
| Label | Researcher | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ǁKhʼau | Meinhof | 1929 | Warrenton-Windsorton | Bleek label SIIb. |