Alternate Names: ||Ai||e, ||Ai||en, ||Aikwe, ||Aisan, |Aikwe, Nharo, Nharon, Nhauru, Nhaurun
Dialects: !Gingkwe, |Amkwe, |Anekwe, G!inkwe, G!okwe, N|hai-Ntse’e (N||hai, Ts’ao), Qabekhoe (!Kabbakwe, Qabekho), Ts’aokhoe (Tsaokhwe, Tsaukwe), Tserekwe, Tsorokwe.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 10,000 in Botswana (2004 R. Cook). Population total all countries: 14,000. L2 users: Speakers of other Khoisan languages in Ghanzi District.
Language Use: Also use English [eng]. Used as L2 by !Xóõ [nmn], ||Gana [gnk], |Gwi [gwj], ‡Kx’au||’ein [aue].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 15–29 years 70% Tswana [tsn], 15% English; 30–54 years 10% Tswana 2% English; 55 and older 2% Tswana, 0% English. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2012.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Botswana
Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian.