!Xóõ people
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The !Xóõ people are an indigenous Khoisan-speaking community of southern Africa, renowned for their complex click language and traditional hunter-gatherer heritage.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ethnic group ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
!Xoon people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Taa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ancestralTerritory |
Kalahari Desert
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southeastern Namibia ⓘ southwestern Botswana ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country |
Botswana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
rock art traditions in the wider San culture area
ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ trance healing dances ⓘ |
| endonym | Taa ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Khoisan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnolinguisticGroup | San peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foodSource |
insects
ⓘ
roots and tubers ⓘ wild fruits ⓘ wild game ⓘ wild plants ⓘ |
| language | !Xóõ language ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Khoisan languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tuu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| linguisticNote | their language is often cited as having one of the largest phoneme inventories in the world ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
extremely large consonant inventory in their language
ⓘ
extremely large vowel inventory in their language ⓘ use of click consonants ⓘ |
| populationTrend | declining ⓘ |
| region | southern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedGroup |
Gǀui people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gǁana people NERFINISHED ⓘ Naro people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
traditional African religion ⓘ |
| threat |
land dispossession
ⓘ
language shift to dominant regional languages ⓘ loss of traditional hunting grounds ⓘ sedentarization policies ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
foraging
ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ hunting ⓘ small-scale pastoralism ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing |
grass huts
ⓘ
temporary shelters ⓘ |
| traditionalLifestyle | hunter-gatherer ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
ǃXóõ