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    rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. The Oorlam or Orlam people (also known as Orlaam, Oorlammers, Oerlams, or Orlamse Hottentots)...
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  • Oorlams (also: Oorlands, Oorlans) is a dialect of Afrikaans spoken in the Republic of South Africa and Namibia, by the Oorlam people. It is considered...
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    different names for themselves, including Bastards, Basters, Korana, Oorlam or Oorlam Afrikaners, and Griqua. Like the Afrikaners, or "Boers" as they were...
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    emigrant Oorlams (including the band led by the outlaw Jager Afrikaner and his son Jonker Afrikaner in the Transgariep) retained links to Oorlam communities...
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    establishing themselves as farmers in their own right. The term Orlam (Oorlam) was sometimes applied to persons who could also be known as Baster. Orlams...
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    Ethnicity Dutch Flemings Indo Afrikaners Cape Coloureds Cape Malays Griquas Oorlams Basters Native speakers 25 million (2021) Total (L1 plus L2 speakers):...
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    the Oorlam very well, granting them the right to use waterholes and grazing against an annual payment. On their way further north, however, the Oorlam encountered...
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    southern coast of Namibia from Josef Frederiks II, a chief of the local Oorlam people, and founded the city of Lüderitz. The German government, eager to...
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    arrival of the ǀHôaǀaran (Oorlam Afrikaner) in ǀAeǁgams (Windhoek) in 1840 marked the start of the ǀHôaǀaran-ǁKhauǀgôan (Oorlam Afrikaner-Swartbooi Nama)...
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    (5%, largely Sunni) Related ethnic groups Afrikaners, Khoisan, Basters, Oorlam, Griqua people, Cape Malays, Bantu peoples of South Africa, Indian South...
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  • ethnic group. Afrikaner may also refer to: The Afrikaner dynasty of the Oorlam people in Namibia Afrikaner cattle, an indigenous South African breed of...
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    Proto-Bantu language for these words. Herero people Himba people Nama people Oorlam people Namibia: People and Society, CIA Factbook, United States; "about...
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  • River. Known as Oorlams, these Khoisan adopted Boer customs and spoke a language similar to Afrikaans. Armed with guns, the Oorlams caused instability...
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  • ethnic groups British diaspora in Africa White Namibians Dutch French Frisians Flemings German Namibians Indos Cape Coloureds Basters Griquas Oorlams...
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  • Mountain Stoney Nama Khoe → Khoekhoe Namibia (Namaland), South Africa Oorlams Christianity Nanai Tungusic → Nanai, Tungusic → Kili Russia, China Shamanism...
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    was guilty of a criminal offence. These children were also often called "oorlams" in reference to being overly used to the Dutch culture, and in reference...
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    Pequena (later renamed Lüderitz Bay) from Joseph Fredericks, a chief of the Oorlam people, in exchange for 200 rifles, 2,500 German marks, and some lead toy...
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    Afrikaans, English, Korana Religion The Griqua Church (Protestantism) Related ethnic groups Coloureds, Khoikhoi, Namaqua, Basters, Oorlam, Afrikaners...
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    place, then known under its Khoikhoi name ǃAutsawises, were a group of Oorlam herder clans from the Cape Province, driven across the Orange River by encroaching...
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    Vipuakuje Muharukua, member of Namibia's Parliament Herero people Nama people Oorlam people Ovambo people Zemba people Himba village about 15 km north of Opuwo...
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  • Jäger, Jaeger, Jagger, Jágr Jager Afrikaner (died 1823), leader of the Oorlam people in South West Africa Jáger and Jager are Slavic names for Eger, a...
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    having been able to settle the constant friction between the Herero and the Oorlam people. The expected vast gold deposits started a gold rush of German settlers...
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    many Oorlams today regard Khoikhoigowab (Damara/Nama) as their mother tongue, though others speak Afrikaans. The distinction between Namas and Oorlams has...
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    Expansion of the Mfecane and rise of the Northern Ndebele people. The Oorlam people, led by Jonker Afrikaner, leave for south-west Africa. The missionary...
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  • Hai-khaua, a tribe of the Nama descended from the Oorlam. The community is also known as the "Berseba Oorlam" or "Berseba Nama". In 2010, the formerly divided...
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  • Overland (disambiguation) Overlanding Oberland (disambiguation) Oberlander Oorlams This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Overlanders...
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    spoken by the Cape Coloureds (in the beginning known as Afrikaner), by the Oorlam, Griqua, Basters (or Rehobothers) and Cape Malay peoples. (a group of dialects...
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    semi-nomadic farmers. These Afrikaans-speaking nomads included the mixed-race Oorlam, Griqua and Baster nations as well as the white Trekboers. Leaving the colonies...
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    Orange River. Once free of the colonies, these groups called themselves the Oorlam. In particular, the group led by Klaas Afrikaner became notorious. He attracted...
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  • and Damara people classified with types of international provenance. The Oorlam Nama and Basters of South Africa lived in contact with Boers and most probably...
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