Khoikhoi language

E403349
Khoe language Khoisan language language natural language

The Khoikhoi language is a member of the Khoe-Kwadi family spoken historically by the Khoikhoi people of southwestern Africa, known for its distinctive click consonants and role in the region’s cultural heritage.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Khoekhoegowab 9
Khoekhoe language 3
Khoekhoe languages 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Khoe language ⓘ
Khoisan language ⓘ
language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Damara language ⓘ
Nama language ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Khoisan languages ⓘ
surface form: Khoekhoe

Khoikhoi language ⓘ
surface form: Khoekhoegowab

Khoikhoi language ⓘ
surface form: Nama-Khoekhoe
hasDomain indigenous flora and fauna terminology ⓘ
traditional pastoralism vocabulary ⓘ
hasEthnicAssociation Damara people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Khoikhoi ⓘ
surface form: Khoikhoi people

Nama people ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature click consonants ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
tonal contrasts ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature alveolar clicks ⓘ
lateral clicks ⓘ
palatal clicks ⓘ
uvular consonants ⓘ
hasStatus endangered language ⓘ
hasWordOrder SOV-dominant ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
influenced South African toponyms ⓘ
local Afrikaans lexicon ⓘ
influencedBy Afrikaans ⓘ
Bantu languages ⓘ
English ⓘ
isPartOf Khoikhoi cultural heritage ⓘ
memberOf Khoe languages ⓘ
surface form: Khoe language family

Khoe–Kwadi language family ⓘ
surface form: Khoe-Kwadi language family
recognizedIn Namibian education and media policies ⓘ
region Cape region ⓘ
Namib Desert ⓘ
surface form: Namib Desert region
spokenBy Khoikhoi ⓘ
surface form: Khoikhoi people
spokenIn Botswana ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Southern Africa ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern Africa
subclassOf Khoe-Kwadi language ⓘ
usedAs marker of Khoikhoi identity ⓘ
usedFor oral tradition ⓘ
ritual practices ⓘ
traditional storytelling ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khoe-Kwadi → includes → Khoikhoi language ⓘ
Damara people → language → Khoikhoi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoekhoegowab
Orange River region → languageHistoricallySpoken → Khoikhoi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoekhoe languages
Damara language → alsoKnownAs → Khoikhoi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoekhoegowab
Damara language → closelyRelatedTo → Khoikhoi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoekhoe language
Western Kalahari Khoe → relatedTo → Khoikhoi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoekhoe language
Khoe–Kwadi language family → includesSubgroup → Khoikhoi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoekhoe languages
Khoe peoples → language → Khoikhoi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoekhoegowab
Khoe → hasLanguage → Khoikhoi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoekhoegowab
Standard Nama → subclassOf → Khoikhoi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoekhoe language
Khoikhoi language → hasAlternativeName → Khoikhoi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoekhoegowab
Khoikhoi language → hasAlternativeName → Khoikhoi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nama-Khoekhoe
Goringhaiqua → languageFamily → Khoikhoi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoikhoi languages
John Pandeni Constituency → hasLanguage → Khoikhoi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoekhoegowab
Otjozondjupa Region → hasLanguage → Khoikhoi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoekhoegowab
Nama language → alternateName → Khoikhoi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoekhoegowab
Hendrik Witbooi → languageOfWorkOrName → Khoikhoi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoekhoegowab