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:''Not to be confused with [[w:Hadza language|Hadza language]].''
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{{Infobox language
{{Infobox language
|name          = Hantza
|name          = Hantza
|pronunciation  = /ˈhant͡sa/
|pronunciation  = ˈhant͡sa
|states        = [[w:Turkmenistan|Turkmenistan]], [[w:Uzbekistan|Uzbekistan]], [[w:Afghanistan|Afghanistan]]
|states        = [[w:Turkmenistan|Turkmenistan]], [[w:Uzbekistan|Uzbekistan]], [[w:Afghanistan|Afghanistan]]
|region        = [[w:Central Asia|Central Asia]]
|setting        = [[w:Central Asia|Central Asia]]
|ethnicity      = [[/Ethnology|Hantza]]
|ethnicity      = [[/Ethnology|Hantza]]
|creator        = User:Pá mamūnám ontā́ bán
|speakers      = 161,000
|speakers      = 161,000
|date          = 2010
|date          = 2010
|familycolor    = Khoisan
|familycolor    = Language isolate
|fam1           = [[w:Language isolate|Language isolate]]
|dia1           = Karakum
|dia1           = [[/Dialects|4 main dialects]]
|dia2          = Balkan
|script        = [[/Alphabet|Hantza alphabet]] ([[w:Latin script|Latin script]])
|dia3           = Qarshi
|iso3          = htz
|dia4          = Afghan
|scripts        = * [[/Alphabet|Hantza alphabet]] ([[w:Latin script|Latin script]])
|notice        = IPA
|notice        = IPA
}}
}}


'''Hantza''' is pronounced natively as /ˈhant͡sa/ (phonetically [ˈx̟änt͡sɐ]) and may be Anglicised to /ˈhænt͡sə/.
'''Hantza''' is (pronounced natively as /ˈhant͡sa/, phonetically [ˈx̟änt͡sɐ] and is Anglicised to /ˈhænt͡sə/) is spoken in [[w:Central Asia|Central Asia]] by more than 160,00 people. The language is used vigorously and enthusiastically by its speakers and is passed on to child who are often monolingual. Adults may also speak [[w:Turkmen language|Turkmen]], [[w:Uzbek language|Uzbek]], [[w:Pashto language|Pashto]] or [[w:Dari language (Persian dialect)|Dari]]. The language is not known to be related to any other extant language and is therefore categorised as an isolate. It is spoken predominantly in [[w:Turkmenistan|Turkmenistan]] (91,000 speakers), but also in [[w:Uzbekistan|Uzbekistan]] (43,000) and [[w:Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] (27,000).
 
==General information==
Hantza is spoken in [[w:Central Asia|Central Asia]], predominantly in [[w:Turkmenistan|Turkmenistan]] (91,000 speakers), but also in [[w:Uzbekistan|Uzbekistan]] (43,000) and [[w:Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] (27,000).


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The areas marked in red on the map above represent the approximate regions in which Hantza is spoken.
The areas marked in red on the map above represent the approximate regions in which Hantza is spoken.
Hantza is not known to be related to any other extant language, thus it is categorised as a language isolate.


==Phonology==
==Phonology==
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