Kgalagadi also known as Kgalagari or Kgalagarhi or Khalagari or Khalakadi or Kxhalaxadi or Qhalaxarzi or Shekgalagadi or Shekgalagari or Kqalaqadi is a language spoken in Kgalagadi district, Botswana by the Kgalagadi people.
Kgalagadi language has approximately 100,000 native speakers.
The language has 15 dialects; Bolaongwe, Kenyi, Kgalagadi, Kgwatheng, Khakhae, Koma, Pedi, Ngologa, R, hiti, Shaga, Phaleng, Shelala, Siwane and Tjhauba.
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