Khoisan
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See also: khoisan
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Khoi + San, from the pastoral Khoi tribe (formerly also called Hottentots) and the hunter-gatherer San (also known as Bushmen). Coined by Isaac Schapera in 1930, in linguistic usage since the 1950s (following Joseph Greenberg, Studies in African Linguistic Classification, 1955).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: Khoi‧san
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɪsɑːn/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɪˌsɑn/
Proper noun
[edit]Khoisan
- 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.
Translations
[edit]people
language group
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Noun
[edit]Khoisan (plural Khoisans or Khoisan)
- A member of the Khoi or San people.
Translations
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[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English Khoisan. Equivalent to Khoi + San, names of two unrelated peoples in Southern Africa.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Khoisan m
- Khoisan, people.
Proper noun
[edit]Khoisan n
- Khoisan, group of languages.
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