Khoekhoe (/ˈkɔɪkɔɪ/ KOY-koy) (or Khoikhoi in former orthography) are the traditionally nomadic pastoralist indigenous population of South Africa. They...
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Khoekhoe (/ˈkɔɪkɔɪ/ KOY-koy; Khoekhoegowab, Khoekhoe pronunciation: [k͡xʰo̜͡ek͡xʰo̜͡egowab]), also known by the ethnic terms Nama (/ˈnɑːmə/ NAH-mə; Namagowab)...
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defined as a people only in contrast to neighboring pastoralists such as the Khoekhoe and descendants of more recent waves of immigration such as the Bantu,...
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Khoe who continued southwestwards retained pastoralism and became the Khoekhoe. They mixed extensively with speakers of Tuu languages, absorbing features...
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Khoemana is closely related to Khoekhoe, and the sound systems are broadly similar. The strongly aspirated Khoekhoe affricates are simply aspirated plosives...
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Hottentot (racial term) (category Khoekhoe)
HOT-ən-TOT) is a term that was historically used by Europeans to refer to the Khoekhoe, the indigenous nomadic pastoralists in South Africa. Use of the term Hottentot...
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Khoisan (category Articles containing Khoekhoe-language text)
(sorghum-based) agriculture, such as the Cape region, through to Namibia, where Khoekhoe populations of Nama and Damara people are prevalent groups, and Botswana...
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Northern Ndebele, and Phuthi. Many of the unofficial languages of the San and Khoekhoe peoples contain regional dialects stretching northwards into Namibia and...
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Damara people (category Articles containing Khoekhoe-language text)
This article contains click symbols from the Khoekhoe language. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols....
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This article contains click symbols from the Khoekhoe language. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols....
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Dawid Kruiper GCOB (1 September 1935 – 13 June 2012) was a Khoekhoe-speaking traditional healer and leader of the ǂKhomani people in the Kalahari. Well...
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to: Khoyi, traditional cap of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan The Khoekhoe people The Khoekhoe language Khoy, a city in Iran Khoy County, an administrative...
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ǂAakhoe (ǂĀkhoe) and Haiǁom are part of the Khoekhoe dialect continuum and are spoken mainly in Namibia. In the sparsely available material on the subject...
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some of the pastoral cultural features of Khoekhoe people ca 2000 years BP. As there are very few Khoekhoe words for which a Cushitic etymology is possible...
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adapted from a Khoekhoe word gogga, meaning insect, from the Khoisan xo-xo karos, blanket of animal hides kierie, walking stick from Khoekhoe Some of these...
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This article contains click symbols from the Khoekhoe language. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols....
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Until the 20th century, ǂKhomani spoke Nǁng, but as the people shifted to Khoekhoe and Afrikaans, the language lost speakers and now is virtually extinct...
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publish a somewhat similar system in his phonetic description of Khoekhoe. Because Khoekhoe had no voiced clicks, he only created new letters for the four...
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Kasi dog, umbwa wa ki-tamaduni ("traditional dog" in Kiswahili), the Khoekhoe dog, the Tswana dog and the Zulu dog. Other local names include Sica, Isiqha...
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cannabis. The term, dating to the 1660s, derives from the word dacha in the Khoekhoe language used to describe the plant as well as various species of Leonotis...
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Most have no written record. The only widespread Khoisan language is Khoekhoe (also known as Khoekhoegowab, Nàmá or Damara) of Namibia, Botswana and...
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Golliwog – Doll-like character Hottentot (racial term) – Racial term for the Khoekhoe Nadir of American race relations – Period of increased racism in the US...
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peoples Ndebele Pedi Sotho Swazi Tsonga Tswana Venda Xhosa Zulu Khoisan Khoekhoe San people Whites Afrikaners British Coloureds Cape Coloureds Cape Malays...
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Pandoeren, was a light infantry unit raised in the Cape Colony from the Khoekhoe and mixed population to aid in the colony's defence. The unite was raised...
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numbers of Nguni, Sotho-Tswana and Indo-European language speakers, with Khoekhoe influence. This has resulted in the spread of an urban argot, Tsotsitaal...
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Knysna (category Articles containing Khoekhoe-language text)
origins of the name, 'Knysna' - including 'xthys xna,' purportedly from a Khoekhoe language term that might have meant 'place of timber', 'place of ferns'...
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Namibia (category Articles containing Khoekhoe-language text)
Namibia (/nəˈmɪbiə/ , /næˈ-/), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares...
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refer to: Hottentot (racial term), in English Khoekhoe language Khoisan language Griqua people Khoekhoe, a South African ethnic group Khoisan, a wider...
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Used by Douglas Beach for a nasal click in his phonetic description of Khoekhoe. 𝼝 : Small letter c with retroflex hook – Para-IPA version of the IPA...
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peoples Ndebele Pedi Sotho Swazi Tsonga Tswana Venda Xhosa Zulu Khoisan Khoekhoe San people Whites Afrikaners British Coloureds Cape Coloureds Cape Malays...
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