Vaal–Orange is an extinct ǃKwi language of South Africa and Lesotho. It comprised the ǁKuǁʼe dialect (also rendered ǁKu-ǁʼe, ǁŨǁʼe or ǁKuǁe),Distinguish ǁNg ǃʼe, a form of Nǁng, and Nǀhuǁéi, which is a variety of Taa. spoken near Theunissen and Bethany in South Africa and into Lesotho, recorded by Dorothea Bleek, the Seroa dialect, and the Boshof dialect.
The name "Vaal–Orange" comes from the Vaal and Orange Rivers, which converge where the ǂUngkue language was spoken, though ǂUngkue is no longer classified as Vaal–Orange.
Doculects
Güldemann (2019) lists the following doculects.Tom Güldemann. 2019. Toward a subclassification of the ǃUi branch of Tuu. Paper presented at Afrikalinguistisches Forschungskolloquium at Humboldt Universiät zu Berlin, 8 January 2019. 10pp.
LabelResearcherDateOriginNotes ǁkuǁe (ǁŨǁʼe) D. Bleek 1928 Theunissen Bleek label SIIc. seroa (ǃUi) Wuras 1919–1920 Bethany Bleek label SIId. ǃUi Arbousset 1836 Mokhasi/Puchane Bleek label SIId. ǃUi Maingard > 1930 Boshof
All but ǃUi of Boshof were lumped under Vaal–Orange in Güldemann (2018).Tom Güldemann. 2018. Toward a subclassification of the ǃUi branch of Tuu. 9th World Congress of African Linguistics (WOCAL 9) Güldemann (2019) is more agnostic, but keeps them close (and also close with Boshof); Glottolog concludes that they form a single language with each other and with Boshof. The ǂUngkue language was included by Güldemann (2018) but classified as closer to Nǀuu by Güldemann (2019).
References
Sources Structural isoglosses between Khoekhoe and Tuu: the Cape as a linguistic area by Tom Güldemann