Khoisan languages

E9577
African languages indigenous languages language grouping

Khoisan languages are a group of indigenous African language families best known for their distinctive click consonants and their speakers’ long-standing presence in southern Africa.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Khoisan languages canonical 20
Khoekhoe 11
Khoekhoegowab 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf African languages ⓘ
indigenous languages ⓘ
language grouping ⓘ
classificationDebate genetic relationships among subgroups are controversial ⓘ
considered linguistic area ⓘ
several independent language families ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
distinctFrom Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Bantu languages ⓘ
Cushitic languages ⓘ
documentationStatus many languages poorly documented ⓘ
some languages extinct or nearly extinct ⓘ
feature complex consonant systems ⓘ
large inventory of click consonants ⓘ
rich phoneme inventories ⓘ
tone ⓘ
hasSubgroup Hadza language ⓘ
Khoe languages ⓘ
Kxʼa languages ⓘ
Sandawe language ⓘ
Tuu languages ⓘ
historicalPresence southern Africa for tens of thousands of years ⓘ
influenced neighboring Bantu languages ⓘ
some Afrikaans dialects ⓘ
knownFor click consonants ⓘ
notConsidered single genetic language family ⓘ
phonologicalType use of clicks as regular consonants ⓘ
populationTrend declining number of speakers ⓘ
primaryCountries Angola ⓘ
Botswana ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
region eastern Africa ⓘ
Southern Africa ⓘ
surface form: southern Africa
researchField African linguistics ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
researchInterest language contact in southern Africa ⓘ
phonetics of click consonants ⓘ
spokenBy Khoikhoi ⓘ
surface form: Khoikhoi peoples

Khoisan peoples ⓘ
Khoisan peoples ⓘ
surface form: San peoples
status endangered ⓘ
moribund in many communities ⓘ
threat language shift to Afrikaans ⓘ
language shift to Bantu languages ⓘ
language shift to English ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script (for many documented languages) ⓘ

Referenced by (42)

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

Africa → hasMajorLanguageFamily → Khoisan languages ⓘ
Afrikaans → influencedBy → Khoisan languages ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages → contrastedWith → Khoisan languages ⓘ
Sub-Saharan Africa → majorLanguageFamily → Khoisan languages ⓘ
Southern Africa → hasLanguageFamily → Khoisan languages ⓘ
ǀXam → researchField → Khoisan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoisan linguistics
Nilo-Saharian phylum → contrastedWith → Khoisan languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum
Khoe languages → subclassOf → Khoisan languages ⓘ
Khoe languages → hasAlternativeName → Khoisan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoekhoe languages
Khoe languages → hasAlternativeName → Khoisan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Khoisan languages
Khoe languages → includes → Khoisan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoekhoegowab
Hadza language → isNotPartOf → Khoisan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoisan language family
Nama → alternativeName → Khoisan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoekhoegowab
Nama → alternativeName → Khoisan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoekhoe
Nama → belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup → Khoisan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoekhoe
Khoe-Kwadi → subgroupOf → Khoisan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoisan (proposed) language group
Wilhelm Bleek → fieldOfWork → Khoisan languages ⓘ
Bleek and Lloyd Collection → languageContent → Khoisan languages ⓘ
Tuu languages → alternativeName → Khoisan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Taa–ǃKwi languages
Kxʼa languages → subclassOf → Khoisan languages ⓘ
Kxʼa languages → hasAlternativeName → Khoisan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Khoisan (obsolete classification)
Damara language → hasAlternativeName → Khoisan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoekhoe
Eastern Kalahari Khoe → isRelatedTo → Khoisan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoekhoe
Hatsa → isNotGeneticallyRelatedTo → Khoisan languages ⓘ
Western Kalahari Khoe → subclassOf → Khoisan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoisan languages (traditional grouping)
Rainer Vossen → languageStudied → Khoisan languages ⓘ
Anthony Traill → fieldOfWork → Khoisan languages ⓘ
Anthony Traill → languageStudied → Khoisan languages ⓘ
Khoe peoples → relatedGroup → Khoisan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoekhoe
Tom Güldemann → researchInterest → Khoisan languages ⓘ
Tom Güldemann → hasAcademicSpecialization → Khoisan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoisan linguistics
Augrabies Falls → nameLanguage → Khoisan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoekhoe
Nama/Damara → languageFamily → Khoisan languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Nama language
Khoe → subclassOf → Khoisan languages ⓘ
Khoe → hasMajorSubgroup → Khoisan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoekhoe
Khoikhoi language → hasAlternativeName → Khoisan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoekhoe
Kwadi → hasLexicalSimilarityWith → Khoisan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoekhoe
Gorinhaiqua → hasLanguageFamily → Khoisan languages ⓘ
Cochoqua → languageFamily → Khoisan languages ⓘ
Goringhaicona → languageFamily → Khoisan languages ⓘ
Nama language → alternateName → Khoisan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoekhoe
Jakob Marengo → languageOfEthnicGroup → Khoisan languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khoekhoe