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Khoisan

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Khoi·san  (koisän)
n.
A family of languages of southern Africa, including those of the Khoikhoin and the San.
[Nama khoi(-khoi-n), the Nama people; see Khoikhoin + Nama san, the San people; see San.]
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Noun1.Khoisan - a family of languages spoken in southern Africa
Khoisan language
natural language, tongue - a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
Hottentot, Khoikhoi, Khoikhoin - any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa


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A Khoisan project has been initiated with input at national, provincial, and local levels to protect Khoisan heritage.
Re-envisioning Greater Johannesburg: South African heritage ... by Delmont, Elizabeth / African Arts
Her publications include the books Bridge Suite and Khoisan Tale (Storm Imprints, 1998).
Spring, 1862 Dear Daughter by Jackson, Gale / African American Review
These are the facts as we know them: In 1810, a woman from Southern African's Khoisan tribe was brought to England by two white men and put on display in a freak show at 225 Piccadilly, London.
Hottentot Venus by Nelson, Jill / Black Issues Book Review
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