File:Nama-Damara_taalkaartje_NL.png · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
زبان خوئهخوئه
Sign in to saveAlso known as Khoekhoegowab language, Nàmá language, Nama language, Khoekhoe language, Damara, Hottentot, Nama
Khoe language spoken in southern Africa
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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- extinct language
- Subclass of
- Khoe
- Country
- Botswana
- Image
- Nama man giving us a lesson in the click language (3694165852).jpg
Show 8 more facts
- writing system
- Latin script
- Commons category
- Khoekhoe language
- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 250000
- linguistic typology
- subject–object–verb
- different from
- Nammu
- indigenous to
- Ghanzi District
- native label
- Khoekhoegowab
Sources (8)
via Wikidata · CC0