ÃÂXegwi (pronounced ), also known as Batwa, is an extinct ÃÂKwi language spoken at Lake Chrissie in South Africa, near the Swazi border. The last known speaker, Jopi Mabinda, was murdered in 1988. However, a reporter for the South African newspaper Mail & Guardian reports that ÃÂXegwi may still be spoken in the Chrissiesmeer district.
The ÃÂXegwi name for their language has been spelled giÃÂkwiêÂÂgwi or kiÃÂkwiêÂÂgwi. Their name for themselves has been transcribed tlou tle or kxlou-kxle, presumably . The Nguni (Zulu and Swazi) called them (a)batwa, amaNkqeshe, amaNgqwigqwi; the Sotho called them Baroa/Barwa.
ÃÂXegwi lost the abrupt clicks (the various manners of ÃÂ and ÃÂ) found in its relatives. It reacquired from Nguni Bantu languages, but clicks remained relatively infrequent, compared to other Tuu languages. It also had a series of uvular plosives not found in other Tuu languages.