Editing Nǁng language (section)

==Classification and name==
Nǁng belongs to the [[Tuu languages|Tuu]] (Taa–ǃKwi) language family, with extinct [[ǂUngkue language|ǂUngkue]] being its closest relative and [[Taa language|Taa]] its closest living relative.

The two recent dialects are a western/northwestern one, to which Nǀuu (Nǀhuki) is sometimes restricted, and a nameless eastern dialect from the area of [[Langeberg]]. As of 2010, most remaining speakers spoke Nǀuu dialect, and this was the name Nǁng appeared under when it was rediscovered. However, two spoke the eastern dialect and rejected the label Nǀuu.

The easiest of the various names for English speakers to pronounce is ''Nǀuu''. The letter that looks like a vertical bar (sometimes substituted with a slash) represents a [[dental click]] like the English interjection ''tsk! tsk! (tut! tut!)'' used to express pity or shame, but nasalized; "Nǀuu" is pronounced like ''noo'', with a ''tsk!'' in the middle of the {{IPA|[n]}}. The double-vertical-bar in "Nǁng" is a (single) [[lateral click]], pronounced like the ''tchick!'' used to spur on a horse; the name is pronounced like the ''ng'' of ''sung'' with this click in it.

The word ''nǀuu'' {{IPA|/ᵑǀùú/}} is actually a verb, 'to speak a Bushman language', possibly from [[Khoekhoe language|Khoekhoe]]. ''Nǀhuki'' is a [[deverbal]], 'a Bushman language'.<ref name="Güldemann2017"/> The people call themselves ''Nǁŋ-ǂe'' {{IPA|/ᵑǁŋ̀ŋ̀ ǂé/}} 'Nǁng people', and Westphal believes this may be the term recorded by Bleek and variously rendered in the literature as ''ǁNg ǃʼe, ǁn-ǃke, ǁŋ.ǃke''.{{notetag|Distinguish ''Nǀhuǁéi'', which is a variety of [[Taa language|Taa]], and ''[[ǁŨǁʼe language|ǁŨǁʼe]],'' which is related to [[Seroa language|Seroa]].}}

The name ''Nǀusan'' is an ambiguous Khoekhoe exonym, and is used for several Tuu languages. Traill says that the [[ǀʼAuni language|ǀʼAuni]] call their language ''Nǀhuki,'' but others have recorded their name for their language as ''ǀʼAuo,'' and both Westphal and Köhler state that ''Nǀhuki (Nǀhuci, nǀɦuki)'' is a variety of Nǁng. It is possible the languages have gotten mixed up in the literature.<ref>Yvonne Treis, 1998, "Names of Khoisan Languages and their Variants"</ref>