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Chart of !Kung (Bushman) Peoples and Languages
 People  Name 
 ROP  Code* 
Countries
Language
ROL*
Total of 
People
Total of 
Language
Aukwe
(Auen, 
    West Kung)
 100617 
Angola
Akhoe
ake
 3,200
19,200
 Aukwe
 100617 
Botswana
Akhoe
ake
11,000
19,000
 Aukwe
 100617 
Namibia
Akhoe
ake
  5,000
19,200
Total Aukwe 
 100617 
 
 
 
19,200
 

 
East Kung (Xu)
 105420 
Botswana
Kung-Ekoka
knw
  8,300
19,900
East Kung
(Xu, Gobabis)
 105418 
Namibia
Kung-Gobabis
aue
  3,000
  3,000
East Kung
(Xu, Tsumkwe)
 105420 
Namibia
Kung-Ekoka
knw
  5,000
19,900
Total East Kung 
 
 
 
 
16,300
 

 
Kung
 105423 
Namibia
Kung-Tsumkwe
ktz
3,000
7,000
Kung-Ekoka
 105420 
Angola
Kung-Ekoka
knw
6,600
19,900
Kung-Tsumkwe
 105423 
Angola
Kung-Tsumkwe
ktz
4,000
7,000
Okung (!Kung)
(Xu, North Kung)
 100001 
Angola
Oung
oun
1,000
1,000
 Total Kung 
  Peoples 
               
 
 
 
50,100
50,100

  * ROL -- Registry of Languages
A unique code identifying each language of the world, identical with the language codes of
The Ethnologue, Summer Institute of Linguistics, originally using the 13th Edition, 1996
Now online in Edition 15
* ROP -- Registry of Peoples
A unique code identifying each ethnic entity of the world

 
Aukwe (Auen)
19,200
Akhoe
ake
19,200
Kung-Ekoka
East Kung (Xu)
East Kung
(Xu, Tsumkwe)
 6,600
 8,300
 5,000
Kung-Ekoka
knw
19,900
 East Kung
  (Xu, Gobabis)
  3,000
Kung-Gobabis
aue
  3,000
 Kung-Tsumkwe
Kung
 4,000
 3,000
 Kung-Tsumkwe
ktz
 7,000
Okung 
1,000
Oung
oun
 1,000
Total
50,100
Total
 
50,100

Compiled by Orville Boyd Jenkins
Original data based on 1996 Integrated Strategic Planning Database
January 1997
Last Updated 22 May 2006

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