Khoisan

Speech parts

1. Khoisan - Noun

2. Khoisan - Proper noun

Meaning

a family of languages spoken in southern Africa

nomadic hunters and gatherers who live in southern Africa

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

bushman Khoisan language san hottentot Herero Khoikhoi Nama Bushmen Ovambo Damara Namaqua nama community nama culture nama customs nama heritage
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Hypernyms

nomad tongue natural language

Hyponyms

hottentot Khoikhoi Khoikhoin

Anagrams

shikona

Examples

A dialect cluster of Nǃaqriaxe, (Eastern) ǂHoan, and Sasi) ** ǃKung (also ǃXun or Ju, formerly Northern Khoisan) is a dialect cluster. Source: Internet

Click genesis and click loss Clicks are often portrayed as a primordial feature of human language, a romantic reflection of the primordial lifestyle imagined of the speakers of Khoisan languages. Source: Internet

Anthony Traill at first accepted Khoisan (Traill 1986), but by 1998 concluded that it could not be demonstrated with current data and methods, rejecting it as based on a single typological criterion: the presence of clicks. Source: Internet

Between three and six thousand years ago, they were joined by Cushitic -speaking people who came from the north, into whom the Khoisan peoples were slowly absorbed. Source: Internet

Consequently, the languages with the greatest numbers of consonants in the world are Khoisan. Source: Internet

Damin is an invented ritual language, and has nothing to do with Khoisan. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Khoikhoi khoikhoi apron Khoikhoin Khoisan language Khoisanist Khoja