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Khoekhoe

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ethnic endonym, but it has been used in the literature as an ethnic term for Khoe-speaking peoples of Southern Africa, particularly pastoralist groups, such...

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Khoe

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Look up khoe, khoẻ, or khỏe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Khoe may be: Khoe languages the Khoe language the Khoekhoe people the Khoekhoe language...

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Khoe languages

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The Khoe /ˈkweɪ/ KWAY languages are the largest of the non-Bantu language families indigenous to Southern Africa. They were once considered to be a branch...

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Khoisan

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Khoisan /ˈkɔɪsɑːn/ KOY-sahn, or Khoe-Sān (pronounced [kxʰoesaːn]), is a catch-all term for the indigenous peoples of Southern Africa who traditionally...

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Maharishi International University

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Maharishi International University (MIU), formerly Maharishi University of Management, is a private university in Fairfield, Iowa. It was founded in 1973...

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Khoisan languages

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indigenous to southern Africa and belong to three language families. The Khoe family appears to have migrated to southern Africa not long before the Bantu...

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Khwe language

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Khwe /ˈkweɪ/ KWAY (also rendered Kxoe, Khoe /ˈkɔɪ/ KOY) is a dialect continuum of the Khoe branch of the Kwadi-Khoe family of Namibia, Angola, Botswana,...

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Khoekhoe language

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classified as Khoisan, a grouping now recognized as obsolete. It belongs to the Khoe language family, and is spoken in Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa primarily...

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Tshwa language

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Tshwa or Tshuwau, also known as Kua and Hiechware, is an East Kalahari Khoe dialect cluster spoken by several thousand people in Botswana and Zimbabwe...

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Khoemana

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known as Korana, ǃOra, or Griqua, is a moribund Khoe language of South Africa. "Khoemana" (from khoe 'person' + mana 'language') is more commonly known...

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Tuu languages

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from Khoe into Tuu include 'chest' (ǃXóõ gǁúu from Khoe *gǁuu) and 'chin' (Nǁng gǃann from Khoe *ǃann). A root for 'louse' shared by some Khoe and Tuu...

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San people

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South Africa. The Bushmen speak, or their ancestors spoke, languages of the Khoe, Tuu, and Kxʼa language families, and can be defined as a people only in...

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English language

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1820, co-existing with Afrikaans and various African languages such as the Khoe and Bantu languages. Today, about nine percent of the South African population...

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Sandawe language

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investigations however (Güldemann 2010) suggest that Sandawe may be related to the Khoe family regardless of the validity of Khoisan as a whole. A discussion of...

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List of South African slang words

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(from Khoe daxa-b for Leonotis plant) eina – exclamation of pain, as in ouch (from Khoekhoe exclamation of pain or surprise) goggo – bug (from Khoe xo-xo...

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South Africa

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languages are spoken, or were widely used previously, including Fanagalo, Khoe, Lobedu, Nama, Northern Ndebele, and Phuthi. Many of the unofficial languages...

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Kwadi language

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divergent member of the Khoe family, or perhaps cognate with the Khoe languages in a Khoe–Kwadi family. It preserved elements of proto-Khoe that were lost in...

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Shua language

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Shua /ˈʃuːə/ SHOO-ə, or Shwakhwe, is a Khoe language (Central Khoisan) of Botswana. It is spoken in central Botswana (in Nata and its surroundings), and...

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Nama people

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the Nama language of the Khoe-Kwadi language family, although many Nama also speak Afrikaans. The Nama People (or Nama-Khoe people) are the largest group...

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Knysna

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the Khoekhoegowab words /hao, 'honey', tun'(teni), 'to carry (verb)', and khoe rendered as qua meaning people. Little is known about Houtunqua society prior...

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Gqeberha

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recommended that Port Elizabeth be renamed Gqeberha, after the Xhosa and Southern Khoe name for the Baakens River that flows through the city. The city's name change...

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Tanzania

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es Salaam. The Sandawe people speak a language that may be related to the Khoe languages of Botswana and Namibia, while the language of the Hadzabe people...

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Khoe Trima Nio

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Khoe Trima Nio (d. 1960s), who published under the pen names Aster and L. S. G., was a Peranakan (Chinese Indonesian) Indonesian language writer and journalist...

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Table Mountain

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the Table Mountain National Park, and part of the lands formerly ranged by Khoe-speaking clans, such as the !Uriǁʼaes (the "High Clan"). It is home to a...

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Languages of Africa

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Austronesian languages are spoken in Madagascar and parts of the Comoros. Khoe–Kwadi languages are spoken principally in Namibia and Botswana. Indo-European...

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Sesfontein Damara

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The Sesfontein Damara is a group of the ǂNū-khoë (Damara) people residing around !Naniǀaus (Sesfontein) in northwestern Namibia. They are a subclan of...

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Botswana

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("Bushmen") and Khoi peoples. Both groups speak click languages from the small Khoe-Kwadi, Kx’a and Tuu families whose members hunted, gathered, and traded over...

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Naro language

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Naro /ˈnɑːroʊ/, also Nharo, is a Khoe language spoken in Ghanzi District of Botswana and in eastern Namibia. It is one of the most-spoken of the Tshu–Khwe...

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