Seroa language
{{Short description|Extinct ǃKwi language of Southern Africa}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Seroa
| altname =
| nativename = ǃUi
| region = Bloemfontein
| extinct = 1870s (Traill 2002)
| ref = e25
| familycolor = Khoisan
| fam1 = Tuu
| fam2 = ǃKwi
| fam3 = Eastern
| iso3 = kqu
| linglist = kqu
| glotto = sero1239
| glottorefname = Seroa
| states = South Africa
| ethnicity = ǃUi
}}
Seroa, or ǃUi, is a ǃKwi language or dialect of South Africa that went extinct in the 19th century. It was spoken in the area of Bloemfontein. Seroa is the Sesotho name, literally "language of the Baroa (Bushmen)"; the people called themselves ǃUi (that is, ǃKwi), which just means 'people'. The language is labeled SIId in Dorothea Bleek's classification.
Doculects
Güldemann (2019) lists the following doculects.Tom Güldemann. 2019. [https://www.iaaw.hu-berlin.de/de/region/afrika/afrika/linguistik/mitarbeiter/prof-dr-phil-tom-gueldemann/dokumente/unpublished-talks/35-gueldemann-tom-2018-toward-a-subclassification-of-the-ui-branch-of-tuu.pdf Toward a subclassification of the ǃUi branch of Tuu.] Paper presented at Afrikalinguistisches Forschungskolloquium at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, 8 January 2019. 10pp.
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| Label | Researcher | Date | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ǃUi | Wuras | > 1836 | Bethany | Bleek label SIId. |
| ǃUi | Arbousset | 1836 | Mokhasi/Puchane | Bleek label SIId. |
Seroa was closely related to ǁŨǁʼe and Boshof ǃUi, but analysis of the recorded data has not been enough to determine the boundary between language and dialect.
References
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Category:Extinct languages of Africa
Category:Languages of South Africa
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