Central ǃKung
Two dialects are identified as being Central ǃKung based on grammatical features: In addition, the ǃKung dialects of Tsintsabis, Leeunes and Mangetti (different from Mangetti Dune) have retroflex clicks and so may belong here, though no grammatical information is available to classify them.Grootfontein ǃKung is unusual in having true retroflex clicks, which are subapical for some speakers and have lateral release, as in the word for 'water', [ᶢ𝼊𐞷ú] (provisionally written g‼ú).These come in eight series, here represented with the retroflex articulation: Otherwise, the Grootfontein inventory is similar to that of Ekoka ǃKung, except that it lacks the (pre)voiced affricates /dχ, dʒ, dʒʼ, dʃχʼ/.The sounds may be articulated with nasalisation [ĩ ẽ ã õ ũ], breathy voice [iʱ eʱ aʱ oʱ uʱ], or pharyngealisation [iˤ eˤ aˤ oˤ uˤ]."[4]hȁCL1máTOPkòCEkēpastǁȁn̏NEG.IMPkúHAB.IMPcŋ̏drinkdjūíbeerkāCL4hȁCL1ǁàȅ-āhold-TRtíPASTkēTRTBtuberculosisǁ'à-ānsick-TRtíPASThȁ má kò kē ǁȁn̏ kú cŋ̏ djūí kā hȁ ǁàȅ-ā tí kē TB ǁ'à-ān tíCL1 TOP CE past NEG.IMP HAB.IMP drink beer CL4 CL1 hold-TR PAST TR tuberculosis sick-TR PAST"He was not supposed to drink beer anymore because he had tuberculosis" [lit.