Wikitongues | Beautiful click consonants in Namibia's Khoekhoe language | Emeloelaj speaking Nama | Wikitongues @Wikitongues | Uploaded November 2020 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
The Khoekhoe language (also, "Nama"), is spoken in Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa. The most widespread of southern Africa's non-Bantu languages, its phonology is rich with click consonants. Afrikaans is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and, to a lesser extent, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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This video was self-recorded by Emeloelaj and submitted by Adam Steves in Namibia. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. To download a copy, please contact hello@wikitongues.org.
From Wikipedia: The Khoekhoe language (Khoekhoegowab), also known by the ethnic terms Nama (Namagowab), Damara (ǂNūkhoegowab), or Nama/Damara and formerly as Hottentot, is the most widespread of the non-Bantu languages of Southern Africa that make heavy use of click consonants and therefore were formerly classified as Khoisan, a now-defunct grouping. It belongs to the Khoe language family and is spoken in Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa primarily by three ethnic groups, Namakhoen, ǂNūkhoen, and Haiǁomkhoen. The Haiǁom, who had spoken a Juu language, later shifted to Khoekhoe. The name for the speakers, Khoekhoen, is from the word khoe "person", with reduplication and the suffix -n to indicate the general plural. Georg Friedrich Wreede was the first European to study the language, after arriving in ǁHui!gaeb (later Cape Town) in 1659. Khoekhoe is a national language in Namibia, where it is used for teaching up to the university level as well as in the public administration. In Namibia and South Africa, state-owned broadcasting corporations produce and broadcast radio programs in Khoekhoegowab.
The Khoekhoe language (also, "Nama"), is spoken in Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa. The most widespread of southern Africa's non-Bantu languages, its phonology is rich with click consonants. Afrikaans is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and, to a lesser extent, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Listen to more at wikitongues.org/languages/naq/.
Submit your own video at wikitongues.org/submit-a-video.
This video was self-recorded by Emeloelaj and submitted by Adam Steves in Namibia. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. To download a copy, please contact hello@wikitongues.org.
From Wikipedia: The Khoekhoe language (Khoekhoegowab), also known by the ethnic terms Nama (Namagowab), Damara (ǂNūkhoegowab), or Nama/Damara and formerly as Hottentot, is the most widespread of the non-Bantu languages of Southern Africa that make heavy use of click consonants and therefore were formerly classified as Khoisan, a now-defunct grouping. It belongs to the Khoe language family and is spoken in Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa primarily by three ethnic groups, Namakhoen, ǂNūkhoen, and Haiǁomkhoen. The Haiǁom, who had spoken a Juu language, later shifted to Khoekhoe. The name for the speakers, Khoekhoen, is from the word khoe "person", with reduplication and the suffix -n to indicate the general plural. Georg Friedrich Wreede was the first European to study the language, after arriving in ǁHui!gaeb (later Cape Town) in 1659. Khoekhoe is a national language in Namibia, where it is used for teaching up to the university level as well as in the public administration. In Namibia and South Africa, state-owned broadcasting corporations produce and broadcast radio programs in Khoekhoegowab.
