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{{Short description|Endangered Tuu language of South Africa}} {{redirect|Nu language|the language of the [[Nu people]] of southwest China and northern Myanmar|Nusu language}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox language | name = Nǁng | altname = ǂKhomani | state = [[South Africa]] | region = historically north of the [[Orange River]], between the Namibian border and the [[Vaal River|Vaal]], as well as near the [[Molopo River]] by the southernmost point of Botswana | ethnicity = 500 Nǁnǂe ([[ǂKhomani people|ǂKhomani]])<ref>[[Menan du Plessis]] (2019) ''The Khoisan Languages of Southern Africa''</ref> | speakers = 1 | date = 2023 | ref = <ref name=NU>{{cite news |url=https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/south-africa/2021-06-07-one-of-only-two-people-who-spoke-sas-ancient-nuu-language-has-died/ |title=One of only two people who spoke SA's ancient Nluu language has died |author=TimesLIVE |publisher=[[SowetanLIVE]], Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa |date=7 June 2021 |access-date=8 June 2021 }}</ref><ref name=Yahoo>{{cite news |url=https://news.yahoo.com/meet-last-speaker-near-extinct-153727332.html |title= Meet the last speaker of a near-extinct language |publisher=[[Reuters]]|date=11 May 2023 |access-date=1 June 2023}} </ref> | familycolor = Khoisan | fam1 = [[Tuu languages|Tuu]] | fam2 = ǃKwi | fam3 = Ghaap-Khalahari | dia1 = Western (Nǀuu) | dia2 = Eastern (Langebergen, ǁʼAu) | script = [[Latin script]] | iso3 = ngh | glotto = nuuu1241 | glottorefname = <nowiki>N||ng-Danster !Ui</nowiki><!-- Actual name of referenced Glottolog page --> | notice = IPA }} '''Nǁng''' ({{IPA|ngh|ᵑǁŋ|}}) or '''Nǁŋǃke''', commonly known by the name of its only spoken dialect '''Nǀuu''' ({{lang|ngh|Nǀhuki}}), is a [[moribund language|moribund]] [[Tuu languages|Tuu]] language once spoken in South Africa. It is no longer spoken on a daily basis, as the speakers live in different villages. The [[ǀʼAuni language|ǀʼAuni]] name for the Nǀuu, '''ǂKhomani''', is used by the South African government. As of June 2021, only one speaker of the Nǀuu dialect remains, the rest of the population having shifted to [[Khoekhoe language|Khoekhoe]] and [[Afrikaans]].<ref name=NU/>
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