Examples of 'khoisan' in a sentence

Meaning of "khoisan"

Khoisan is an adjective used to describe the indigenous peoples of Southern Africa who speak Khoisan languages
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  • The group of non-Bantu Southern African indigenous people.
  • The group of languages associated with the Khoisan including the Khoi, Kx'a and Tuu families, sometimes to the inclusion of the Hadza and Sandawe language isolates of Tanzania.
  • A member of the Khoi or San people.

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khoisan
Khoisan woman with black hair.
Speaking khoisan language.
Khoisan refers to two separate groups.
The nama is the only language of the khoisan group to have a written expression.
Khoisan languages are best known for their use of click consonants as phonemes.
The first inhabitants of the region was Khoisan.
Many of the Khoisan languages are endangered.
A majority of maternal genetic material is Khoisan.
All Khoisan languages have glottalized nasal clicks.
On this basis he ascribed them to the Khoisan group.
Both speak Khoisan dialects and lived as seeker gatherers.
The earliest known people living in the area were Khoisan people.
Khoisan is used to denote their relationship to the San people.
They were the ancestors of the Khoisan people of the modern time.
Khoisan languages share click consonants and do not belong to other African language families.

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Their results demonstrate that Khoisan foragers were genetically more diverse than previously known.
Dahalo has consequently retained some of the characteristic click sounds of the Khoisan languages.
The distribution of Khoisan languages testifies to an even more dramatic engulfing.
It is a Khoi language of the Khoisan languages group.
The Khoisan languages are also tonal.
A Haiǁom language is listed in most Khoisan references.
Khoisan Tea Organic products of quality ingredients with a focus on sustainability.
Angola recognized efforts targeting the Khoisan groups towards their economic and social inclusion.
The remainder classify themselves as Khoisan.
They spoke a Khoisan language and now use the Cuvale dialect.
European settlers encroached on Khoisan territories.
Khoisan and Afrikaaner.
The original inhabitants of Zambia were the Khoisan people.
List of Khoisan languages.
The four African letters for clicks are used in Khoisan orthography.
There are ancient Khoisan rock engravings on the Nooitgedacht and Brandfontein farms.
It is found at highest frequencies in the Khoisan groups of Southern Africa.
He believed that the Boskopoids were the ancestors of the Khoisan.
There are ancient Khoisan rock engravings on the Volksrust and Brandfontein farms.
Madaky and Ali will converse in a nearly extinct Khoisan language.
The KhoiSan tribe 's drought stricken area is now attracting fracking companies.
The predominant indigenous population around the Cape was made up of Khoisan peoples.
Khoisan hunter-gatherers are the earliest known modern human inhabitants of the area.
Before that the area of Middelvlei was first settled by the Khoisan people.
As with most Khoisan languages, there are postpositions.
Today the indigenous people of South Africa are collectively known as the Khoisan.
Despite their shared clicks, the Khoisan languages diverge significantly from each other.
Some Bantu languages have incorporated the click consonant of the Khoisan languages.
The Khoisan ate roasted meat, and they also dried meat for later use.
A stronger degree of pharyngealisation occurs in the Northeast Caucasian languages and the Khoisan languages.
Furthermore, Khoisan have been the largest population throughout most of modern-human demographic history.
It recommends the statutory recognition of the National Khoisan Council.
Strident vowels are fairly common in Khoisan languages, which contrast them with simple pharyngealized vowels.
Today, they are known collectively as the Khoisan.
The Damara do not relate to the other Khoisan peoples, although they share a similar language.

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