In the 1990s there was concern amongst the ǂKhomani leadership about loss of the Nǁng language: many of those of the community who could speak a KhoeSan language actually spoke Nama.
In the 1990s, concerns were raised by the ǂKhomani leadership regarding the potential loss of their native Nǁng language; it was found that many community members who knew one type of KhoeSan language actually spoke a different local dialect, Nama.