!Kung (
!Xuun), also known as
Ju, is a
dialect continuum (language complex) spoken in
Namibia,
Botswana, and
Angola by the
ǃKung people. Together with the
ǂHoan language, it forms the proposed
Kx'a language family. !Kung constituted one of the branches of the putative
Khoisan language family, and was called
Northern Khoisan in that scenario, but the unity of Khoisan has never been demonstrated and is suspected to be spurious. Nonetheless, the term "Khoisan" is widely retained as a convenience.