Naro (Nharo) is a Khoe-Kwadi language spoken by about 10 000 native speakers in Botswana and Namibia. It is represented here in the orthography as used in Visser (2001) [visser2001].

Classification

Lineage

Khoe-Kwadi khoe1240

Categories

cgárí

tree, thornbush

chõó tcg'au

vegetable eaten by whites (eg. lettuce, cabbage, spinach)

dère

kind of nice food

ghòrò kg'oose

birds of prey (kite, buzzard, falcon, hawk, eagle, harrier, kestrel)

hìi

trees

kg'ãe

vultures

khúúga

Khoesan medicine (makes you fat)

qg'ui

thistle

tcg'aberere

vegetable, merogo

tchàa di kg'oo-coa

animals of the field

tshàa tsa̠ra

water birds

tso̠m

greens, vegetables

x'áé di kg'oo-coa

home animals

x'aù

fish