Khoisan peoples

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The Khoisan peoples are indigenous ethnic groups of southern Africa known for their ancient hunter-gatherer and pastoralist traditions and distinctive click-language families.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
human population group
indigenous people
ancestralRegion Cape region of South Africa
Kalahari Desert
artForm rock engravings
rock paintings
bodyModification scarification
country Angola
Botswana
Namibia
South Africa
Zambia
Zimbabwe
culturalPractice rock art production
trance dance
ethnolinguisticGroup Khoikhoi
San people
linked to: Khoisan peoples
experienced cultural marginalization
land dispossession
fieldOfStudy anthropology
human population genetics
linguistics
geneticCharacteristic high genetic diversity
historicalInteraction Bantu-speaking peoples
linked to: Bantu peoples

European colonists
languageCharacteristic use of click consonants
languageFamily Khoe languages
Kxʼa languages
Tuu languages
locatedIn Southern Africa
modernIssue language endangerment
loss of ancestral lands
political underrepresentation
otherName Khoesan
linked to: Khoisan peoples

Khoi-San
recognizedAs among the oldest distinct human populations
religion Christianity
traditional African religions
socialOrganization small kin-based bands
traditionalDwelling temporary shelters
traditionalEconomy exchange of meat and gathered foods
traditionalLifestyle hunter-gatherer
pastoralist
traditionalLivestock cattle
goats
sheep
traditionalSubsistence foraging
small-scale livestock herding

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Khoisan languages spokenBy Khoisan peoples
Khoisan languages spokenBy San peoples
linked to: Khoisan peoples
Khoikhoi relatedEthnicGroup San people
linked to: Khoisan peoples
Khoikhoi broaderGrouping Khoisan peoples
!ke e: ǀxarra ǁke language Khoisan
linked to: Khoisan peoples
ǀXam languageBranch Southern Khoisan
linked to: Khoisan peoples
Tswana people relatedEthnicGroup Kgalagadi people
linked to: Khoisan peoples
Khoisan peoples ethnolinguisticGroup San people
linked to: Khoisan peoples
Khoisan peoples otherName Khoesan
linked to: Khoisan peoples
Matobo National Park culturalSignificanceFor San people
linked to: Khoisan peoples
Namaqualand hasEthnicGroup Khoisan peoples
Kalahari Basin indigenousPeoples San people
linked to: Khoisan peoples
Central Kalahari Game Reserve hasIndigenousPeople Basarwa
linked to: Khoisan peoples
Makgadikgadi Pans region inhabitedBy Basarwa communities
linked to: Khoisan peoples
Okavango Delta supportsCommunity Basarwa (San) people
linked to: Khoisan peoples
Nama people relatedGroup San people
linked to: Khoisan peoples
Nama people broaderEthnicCategory Khoisan peoples
ǀXam people relatedEthnicGroup Griqua people
linked to: Khoisan peoples
Lucy Lloyd ethnographicFocus San peoples of southern Africa
linked to: Khoisan peoples
Coloured South Africans ancestry Khoisan
subject linked to: Coloured South African
linked to: Khoisan peoples
Khoi-San alsoKnownAs Khoisan
linked to: Khoisan peoples
Khoi-San alsoKnownAs Khoesan
linked to: Khoisan peoples
Kxʼa languages spokenBy Khoisan peoples
Gǀui language belongsToMacroFamily Khoisan (areal grouping)
linked to: Khoisan peoples
Khoe peoples ethnolinguisticGroup Khoisan peoples
Nama people ethnolinguisticGroup Khoisan
subject linked to: Nama/Damara
linked to: Khoisan peoples
Khoe hasAlternativeName Central Khoisan
linked to: Khoisan peoples