WebThe Khoekhoe / ˈ k ɔɪ k ɔɪ / language (Khoekhoegowab), also known by the ethnic terms Nama (Namagowab) / ˈ n ɑː m ə /, Damara (ǂNūkhoegowab), or Nama/Damara and formerly as Hottentot, is the most widespread of the non-Bantu languages of Southern Africa that make heavy use of click consonants and therefore were formerly classified as Khoisan, a …

WebKhoekhoen (singular Khoekhoe) (or Khoikhoi in the former orthography; formerly also Hottentots) are the traditionally nomadic pastoralist indigenous population of southwestern Africa. They are often grouped with the hunter-gatherer San (literally "Foragers") peoples. The designation "Khoekhoe" is actually a kare or praise address, not an ethnic endonym, …

WebLanguages A. Aari language † – Aari . Spoken in: Ethiopia Aasáx † – Aasá . Spoken in: Tanzania Abaza – Aбаза бызшва . Official language in: Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia; Abellen – Ayta Abellen . Spoken in: Tarlac, Philippines Abenaki † – Alnôba, Wôbanakiôdwawôgan . Formerly spoken by: the American/Canadian Abenaki Tribe …

WebIn the following, each bullet item is a known or suspected language family. Phyla with historically wide geographical distributions but comparatively few current-day speakers include Eskimo–Aleut, Na-Dené, Algic, Quechuan and Nilo-Saharan.. The geographic headings over them are meant solely as a tool for grouping families into collections, more …

WebǃKung / ˈ k ʊ ŋ / (ǃXun), also known as Ju, is a dialect continuum (language complex) spoken in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola by the ǃKung people, constituting two or three languages.Together with the ǂʼAmkoe language, ǃKung forms the Kxʼa language family.ǃKung constituted one of the branches of the putative Khoisan language family, …

WebThe Niger–Congo languages constitute the largest language family spoken in West Africa and perhaps the world in terms of the number of languages. One of its salient features is an elaborate noun class system with grammatical concord.A large majority of languages of this family are tonal such as Yoruba and Igbo, Akan and Ewe language.A major branch of …

WebThe Cape Colony (Dutch: Kaapkolonie) was a Dutch United East India Company (VOC) colony in Southern Africa, centered on the Cape of Good Hope, from where it derived its name.The original colony and its successive states that the colony was incorporated into occupied much of modern South Africa.Between 1652 and 1691 it was a Commandment, …

WebRacial term. Hottentot (racial term), both an ethnic term and a term of abuse Ethnic groups and their languages. Khoekhoe, the main ethnic group for which Hottentot was once the usual term in English . Khoekhoe language; Khoisan, a wider ethnic group including the Khoikhoi for which Hottentot was also widely used . Khoisan language; Hottentot …

WebDefinition. The term "Sann" has a long vowel and is spelled Sān (in Khoekhoegowab orthography). It is a Khoekhoe exonym with the meaning of "foragers" and was often used in a derogatory manner to describe nomadic, foraging people. Based on observation of lifestyle, this term has been applied to speakers of three distinct language families living …

WebZulu people (/ ˈ z uː l uː /; Zulu: amaZulu) are a Nguni ethnic group in Southern Africa.The Zulu people are the largest ethnic group and nation in South Africa, with an estimated 10–12 million people, living mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Natal.. They originated from Nguni communities who took part in the Bantu migrations over millennia. As the clans …