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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Generate an image of the Khoisan peoples (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
Outeniqua Mountains → namedAfter → Outeniqua Khoikhoi people ⓘ
linked to: Khoisan peoples
!Xóõ people → ethnicity → Khoisan ⓘ
linked to: Khoisan peoples
Taa people → ethnicity → Khoisan ⓘ
linked to: Khoisan peoples
Bantu expansion → interactsWith → Khoisan-speaking populations ⓘ
linked to: Khoisan peoples
San peoples → alsoKnownAs → Khoisan peoples ⓘ
San peoples → subclassOf → Khoisan peoples ⓘ
Haiǁom people → relatedEthnicGroup → Khoekhoe people ⓘ
linked to: Khoisan peoples
Gǁana people → relatedGroup → Khoekhoe people ⓘ
linked to: Khoisan peoples
Haiǁom → ethnicity → Khoisan ⓘ
linked to: Khoisan peoples
Kxʼa family → languageBranchOf → Khoisan ⓘ
linked to: Khoisan peoples
Kxʼa family → spokenBy → Khoisan peoples ⓘ
Kxʼa family → previouslyClassifiedWith → Northern Khoisan ⓘ
linked to: Khoisan peoples
Damara-Nama → hasLanguageFamily → Khoisan ⓘ
linked to: Khoisan peoples
Khoe family → hasAlternativeName → Central Khoisan ⓘ
linked to: Khoisan peoples
Khwe → broaderCategory → Khoisan peoples ⓘ
African peoples → include → Khoisan peoples ⓘ