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{{Short description|Khoe dialect cluster of Botswana}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Gǁana
|states=Botswana
|ethnicity=[[Gǁana people|Gǁana]]
|speakers={{sigfig|2500|2}}
|date=2013
|ref=e25
|familycolor=Khoisan
|fam1=[[Khoe–Kwadi languages|Khoe–Kwadi]]
|fam2=[[Khoe languages|Khoe]]
|fam3=Kalahari (Tshu–Khwe)
|fam4=West
|lc1=gnk|ld1=Gǁana
|lc2=gwj|ld2=[[Gǀwi dialect|Gǀwi]]
|glotto=anaa1239
|glottorefname=Ana [sic]
| map              = Lang Status 80-VU.svg
| mapcaption       = {{center|{{small|<nowiki>||Gana</nowiki> {{Sic}} is classified as Vulnerable by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''}}}}<ref>{{cite report |title=Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |publisher=UNESCO |edition=3rd |url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000187026 |date=2010 |page=37}}</ref>
}}

'''Gǁana''' (pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|ɑː|n|ə}} {{respell|GAH|nə}} in English, and also spelled ''ǁGana, ǁ᪶Ana<!--e.g. in Rainer Voßen 1997 Die Khoe-Sprachen-->, Gxana, Dxana, Xgana'') is a [[Khoe languages|Khoe]] [[dialect cluster]] of Botswana.  It is closely related to [[Naro language|Naro]], and includes the well-known dialect [[Gǀwi dialect|Gǀwi]], which has the majority of speakers.

The double pipe at the beginning of the name "Gǁana" represents a click like the English interjection used when saying ''giddy-ap'' to a horse. For the clicks and other sounds found in Gǁana, see [[Gǀwi dialect]].

==Dialects==
*[[Gǀwi dialect|Gǀwi]]
*Domkhoe
*Gǁaa(khwe)
*Kǀhessákhoe

==References==
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==Sources==
* Brenzinger, Matthias (2011) "The twelve modern Khoisan languages." In Witzlack-Makarevich & Ernszt (eds.), ''Khoisan languages and linguistics: proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium, Riezlern / Kleinwalsertal'' (Research in Khoisan Studies 29). Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.

==External links==
*[http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=new100&morpho=0&basename=new100\ckh\kho&limit=-1 Gǁana basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database]

{{Khoisan}}
{{Languages of Botswana}}

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[[Category:Khoe languages]]
[[Category:Languages of Botswana]]


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