Gcwi

English Pronunciation en /ɡwi/ anglicised 1992, Alan Barnard, Hunters and Herders of Southern Africa, page xxii: Finally, it may be of interest to the non-specialist that the pronunciation of clicks in ethnic group names is entirely optional when speaking a non-Khoisan language. Acceptable anglicizations may be produced either by articulating a non-click sound of approximately the same phonological position (e.g. p for ʘ, t for ǀ or ǂ, k for ǁ or ǃ), or by ignoring the click entirely and simply pronouncing the release followed by the remainder of the word. When speaking English, I myself say Kung for 'ǃKung', Gwi for 'Gǀwi', and Gana for 'Gǁana'. Ko for 'ǃXõ', Kam for 'ǀXam' Noun p A certain ethnic group in Africa. 1995, Articulating hidden histories: exploring the influence of Eric R. Wolf (Jane Schneider, Rayna Rapp), page 318: Previously flexible relations of production were transformed into ethnic categories defined by criteria of race, language, and economic status. Although self-referent names of Khoisan-speaking peoples (Zhu, Gcwi, Gxana, Deti, Qoo, and a dozen others) continue en 1997 Edwin N. Wilmsen The Kalahari ethnographies (1896-1898) of Siegfried Passarge Again, these Gcwi are supposed to speak a different language. It is very interesting that on the western edge of the Kalahari, in Great Namaqualand, a Bushman tribe called 'Nasenstocktrager' is said to live who also carry a piece of en 2001 Thomas J. Larson; Alec Campbell Dibebe of the Okavango: The Thrilling, Amazing Adventures ix Wayeyi, Hambukushu, Naro and Gcwi Bushmen, and many others—have been striving for greater recognition, Proper noun The lect spoken by this group. 1997, Encyclopedia of Africa south of the Sahara (John Middleton), volume 2: about 12000 speakers; Gcwi and Gxana (Botswana), with about 6000 speakers; the Zhu language (Namibia and Botswana), with about 11000 speakers; References Further reading gwj en Languages