The Khwe language is the best documented of all San languages. There is a dictionary and a grammar (Kilian-Hatz 2003, 2008) as well as a large number of publications of original language texts (Boden 2014, 2024; Brenzinger 1999a, 1999b; Heine 1997; Kilian-Hatz 1997, 1999, Köhler 1989, 1991, 1997, 2018, 2021a, 2021b, 2021c). At present, however, only less than a handful of Khwe can read these original language texts and write them in their own language.
This funded project is a response to an express wish of Khwe. Being able to read and write their mother tongue themselves was their first priority in order to strengthen their cultural identity and to be able to consult the original language documents in the collection independently.
