Taa people

E542550

Khoisan people ethnic group

The Taa people are an indigenous Khoisan-speaking group of southern Africa, known for their complex click language and traditional hunter-gatherer culture.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Khoisan people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
alternateName	!Xóõ (for some groups and in linguistic literature) NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Botswana NERFINISHED ⓘ Namibia ⓘ
culturalArea	Kalahari Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalPractice	oral tradition ⓘ ritual dance ⓘ storytelling ⓘ trance healing practices ⓘ
economicChange	increasing sedentarization ⓘ partial integration into wage labor economy ⓘ
endangeredStatus	culturally endangered ⓘ
ethnicity	Khoisan NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	anthropology ⓘ ethnography ⓘ linguistics ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	one of the largest consonant inventories in the world (Taa language) ⓘ
knowledgeSystem	detailed ecological knowledge of Kalahari environment ⓘ
language	Taa language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Khoe–Kwadi (Khoisan) languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Tuu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageStatus	endangered language speakers ⓘ
notableFeature	use of complex click consonants ⓘ
populationTrend	declining number of fluent Taa speakers ⓘ
recognizedAs	indigenous people of Botswana ⓘ indigenous people of Namibia ⓘ
region	southern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	!Xóõ people NERFINISHED ⓘ Khoikhoi NERFINISHED ⓘ San people NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	traditional African religion ⓘ
socialOrganization	mobile groups ⓘ small bands ⓘ
threat	cultural assimilation ⓘ land dispossession ⓘ linguistic assimilation ⓘ loss of traditional hunting grounds ⓘ
traditionalHousing	grass huts ⓘ temporary shelters ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle	hunter-gatherer ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence	foraging ⓘ gathering wild plants ⓘ hunting ⓘ

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ǃXóõ (Taa) → ethnicGroup → Taa people ⓘ

subject surface form: ǃXóõ