Khoe languages

E52562
branch of Khoe–Kwadi language family

Khoe languages are a branch of southern African languages spoken mainly by Khoe peoples, known for their use of click consonants and distinct grammatical structures.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Khoi languages 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Khoe–Kwadi ⓘ
language family ⓘ
areClassifiedAs genetically related group distinct from neighboring Bantu languages ⓘ
areContactWith Afrikaans ⓘ
Bantu languages ⓘ
German ⓘ
surface form: German (in Namibia)
areEndangered true ⓘ
areHistoricallyAssociatedWith pastoralist communities in Southern Africa ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Khoisan languages ⓘ
surface form: Central Khoisan languages

Khoisan languages ⓘ
surface form: Khoekhoe languages
hasCharacteristic complex pronominal system ⓘ
rich system of noun morphology ⓘ
tone ⓘ
use of click consonants ⓘ
verb–final tendencies in some varieties ⓘ
hasLinguisticResearchBy Anthony Traill ⓘ
Rainer Vossen ⓘ
Tom Güldemann ⓘ
hasMorphosyntacticAlignment largely nominative–accusative with some unusual agreement patterns ⓘ
hasNotableFeature complex system of person–gender–number markers ⓘ
contrastive click types (dental, alveolar, lateral, palatal in some languages) ⓘ
use of postpositions rather than prepositions in many languages ⓘ
verb serialization in some languages ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature large consonant inventory including clicks and ejectives ⓘ
hasSubgroup Eastern Kalahari Khoe ⓘ
Kalahari Khoe branch ⓘ
Khoekhoe branch ⓘ
Western Kalahari Khoe ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script (for several Khoe languages) ⓘ
includes Buga language ⓘ
Damara language ⓘ
Gǀui language ⓘ
Gǁana language ⓘ
Haiǁom language ⓘ
Khoisan languages ⓘ
surface form: Khoekhoegowab

Kxoe language ⓘ
Nama language ⓘ
Naro language ⓘ
Shua language ⓘ
Tshwa language ⓘ
Tsʼixa language ⓘ
ǁAni language ⓘ
partOf Khoe–Kwadi language family ⓘ
spokenBy Khoe peoples ⓘ
spokenIn Botswana ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Southern Africa ⓘ
subclassOf Khoisan languages ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Khoisan languages → hasSubgroup → Khoe languages ⓘ
Khoe-Kwadi → includes → Khoe languages ⓘ
Damara people → languageFamily → Khoe languages ⓘ
Khoikhoi → languageFamily → Khoe languages ⓘ
Khoisan peoples → languageFamily → Khoe languages ⓘ
Nama people → languageFamily → Khoe languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoi languages