Khoisan peoples

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ethnic group human population group indigenous people

The Khoisan peoples are indigenous ethnic groups of southern Africa known for their ancient hunter-gatherer and pastoralist traditions and distinctive click-language families.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
San people 5
Basarwa 1
Basarwa (San) people 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
human population group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
ancestralRegion Cape region of South Africa ⓘ
Kalahari Desert ⓘ
artForm rock engravings ⓘ
rock paintings ⓘ
bodyModification scarification ⓘ
country Angola ⓘ
Botswana ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
culturalPractice rock art production ⓘ
trance dance ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Khoikhoi ⓘ
Khoisan peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: San people
experienced cultural marginalization ⓘ
land dispossession ⓘ
fieldOfStudy anthropology ⓘ
human population genetics ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
geneticCharacteristic high genetic diversity ⓘ
historicalInteraction Bantu peoples ⓘ
surface form: Bantu-speaking peoples

European colonization of the Americas ⓘ
surface form: European colonists
languageCharacteristic use of click consonants ⓘ
languageFamily Khoe languages ⓘ
Kxʼa languages ⓘ
Tuu languages ⓘ
locatedIn Southern Africa ⓘ
modernIssue language endangerment ⓘ
loss of ancestral lands ⓘ
political underrepresentation ⓘ
otherName Khoisan peoples ⓘ
surface form: Khoesan

Khoi-San ⓘ
recognizedAs among the oldest distinct human populations ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
socialOrganization small kin-based bands ⓘ
traditionalDwelling temporary shelters ⓘ
traditionalEconomy exchange of meat and gathered foods ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle hunter-gatherer ⓘ
pastoralist ⓘ
traditionalLivestock cattle ⓘ
goats ⓘ
sheep ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence foraging ⓘ
small-scale livestock herding ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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Nama people → broaderEthnicCategory → Khoisan peoples ⓘ
Khoikhoi → broaderGrouping → Khoisan peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: San people
Khoisan peoples → ethnolinguisticGroup → Khoisan peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: San people
Namaqualand → hasEthnicGroup → Khoisan peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basarwa
Kalahari Basin → indigenousPeoples → Khoisan peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: San people
Makgadikgadi Pans region → inhabitedBy → Khoisan peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basarwa communities
!ke e: ǀxarra ǁke → language → Khoisan peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoisan
ǀXam → languageBranch → Khoisan peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Khoisan
Khoisan peoples → otherName → Khoisan peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoesan
Khoikhoi → relatedEthnicGroup → Khoisan peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: San people
Tswana people → relatedEthnicGroup → Khoisan peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kgalagadi people
Nama people → relatedGroup → Khoisan peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: San people
Khoisan languages → spokenBy → Khoisan peoples ⓘ
Khoisan languages → spokenBy → Khoisan peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: San peoples
Okavango Delta → supportsCommunity → Khoisan peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basarwa (San) people