Khoekhoe
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Key facts
- Pronunciation
- [k͡xʰo̜͡ek͡xʰo̜͡ekowap]
- Native to
- Namibia , Botswana and South Africa
- Region
- Orange River , Great Namaland , Damaraland
- Ethnicity
- Khoikhoi , Nama , Damara , Haiǁom , ǂKhomani
- Native speakers
- 200,000 ± 10,000 (2011)
- Language family
- Khoe–Kwadi Khoe Khoekhoe Khoekhoe
- Dialects
- Nama–Damara Haiǁom–ǂĀkhoe Eini †
- Writing system
- Latin augmented with click letters
- Recognised minority language in
- Namibia , South Africa
- Iso 639 3
- Either:, naq – Khoekhoe, Nama, hgm – Haiǁom
- Glottolog
- nort3245 Subfamily: North Khoekhoe, nama1264 Language: Nama, haio1238 Language: Haiǁom-Akhoe
- Elp
- Khoekhoe
via Wikipedia infobox
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Khoekhoe or Khoikhoi (/ˈkɔɪ.kɔɪ/ KOY-koy; Khoekhoegowab, Khoekhoe pronunciation: [k͡xʰo̜͡ek͡xʰo̜͡egowab]), also known by the ethnic terms Nama (/ˈnɑː.mə/ NAH-mə; Namagowab), Damara (ǂNūkhoegowab), or Nama/Damara and formerly the pejorative term 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 grouping now recognized as obsolete. It belongs to the Khoe language family, and is spoken in Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa primarily by three ethnic groups: Namakhoen, ǂNūkhoen, and Haiǁomkhoen.
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