Alternate Names: Ng|amani, Tsasi
Dialects: !Kwi, Auni (|Auni, |Auo), Kakia (Masarwa), Ki|hazi, Ng|u||en (||U||en, |Nu||en, |U||en, Ng|u|ei, Nu||en), Nusan (Ng|usan, Noosan, Nu-San), Xatia (|Eikusi, |Kusi, Katia, Kattea, Khatia, Vaalpens).
Genealogy:
Demographics: 4,000 in Botswana (2002). Population total all countries: 4,200.
Language Use: Also use |Gwi [gwj], Herero [her], Kgalagadi [xkv], Naro [nhr], Tswana [tsn]. Second languages used by people older than 10 who have been to school or have lived with speakers of the other languages.
Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar.
Typology: SVO; prepositions; genitives, adjectives, numerals, relatives after noun heads; question word initial; 2 prefixes, 3 suffixes; word order distinguishes subjects, objects, indirect objects; verb affixes mark number, gender of subject and object, and is obligatory; passives; reduplication on periphrastics for causatives; periphrastic comparatives; CV, CVV, CVCV; tonal.
Nation of Origin: Botswana
Other Comments: Nusan are in Botswana. Nu||en dialect is extinct. Traditional religion, Christian.