Tshwa language
Tsoa, Tshwa or Tshuwau, also known as Kua and Hiechware, is an East Kalahari Khoe dialect cluster spoken by several thousand people in Botswana and Zimbabwe.One of the dialects is Tjwao (formerly spelled 'Tshwao'), the only Khoisan language in Zimbabwe, where "Koisan" is a language officially recognised in the constitution.Tsoa–Kua is a dialect cluster, which is still poorly studied but seems to include: The following inventory is of the Kua dialect: The Cire-cire (not cited) dialect has the following consonant inventory: The clicks have a very uneven distribution: Only a dozen words begin with one of the palatal clicks (ǂ), and these are replaced by dental clicks (ǀ) among younger speakers.Only half a dozen words start with one of the alveolar clicks (ǃ), and half a dozen more with one of the affricated clicks.In the northern dialect of Kua, like all other East Kalahari Khoe languages, the palatal click series has become palatal stops.