Nǁng language
| Nǁng | |
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| ǂKhomani | |
| Native to | South Africa |
| Region | historically north of the Orange River, between the Namibian border and the Vaal, as well as near the Molopo River by the southernmost point of Botswana |
| Ethnicity | 500 Nǁnǂe (ǂKhomani) |
Native speakers | 1 (2023) |
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| Latin script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ngh |
| Glottolog | nuuu1241 |
| ELP | N||ng |
Nǁng ([ᵑǁŋ]) or Nǁŋǃke is an almost extinct Tuu language spoken in South Africa. It is commonly known by the ambiguous name of its only spoken dialect Nǀuu (Nǀhuki); the ǀʼAuni name for the Nǀuu, ǂKhomani, is used by the South African government. Nǁng had been thought extinct and was no longer spoken on a daily basis when rediscovered in the 1990s, as the two dozen elderly speakers lived in different villages and the younger generations had shifted to the Khoekhoe language. As of October 2025, all but one of the remaining fluent speakers of the Nǀuu dialect have died, their descendants having shifted to Khoekhoe and Afrikaans. The last living native speaker of N|uu, Katrina Esau, has been teaching it since 2002, albeit with limited means.