Damara-Nama

E927247

Khoisan language variety click language language

Damara-Nama is a Khoisan language variety spoken primarily by the Damara people of Namibia, closely related to the Nama language and characterized by its use of click consonants.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Damara-Nama canonical	1
Damara/Nama	1
Nama-Damara	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11469226 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Damara-Nama
Context triple: [Damara language, hasAlternativeName, Damara-Nama]

A. Maleka
Maleka is a feminine given name, typically considered a variant spelling of Malika and used in various cultures.
B. Namárië
Namárië is a famous Elvish lament written in Tolkien’s Quenya language and sung by Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings.
C. Maraita
Maraita is a small municipality located in the Francisco Morazán Department of central Honduras.
D. Amandina
Amandina is a feminine given name that functions as a variant form of Amanda.
E. Damkina
Damkina is a Mesopotamian earth and mother goddess, best known as the consort of the god Enki (Ea) and mother of the Babylonian chief god Marduk.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Damara-Nama
Target entity description: Damara-Nama is a Khoisan language variety spoken primarily by the Damara people of Namibia, closely related to the Nama language and characterized by its use of click consonants.

A. Maleka
Maleka is a feminine given name, typically considered a variant spelling of Malika and used in various cultures.
B. Namárië
Namárië is a famous Elvish lament written in Tolkien’s Quenya language and sung by Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings.
C. Maraita
Maraita is a small municipality located in the Francisco Morazán Department of central Honduras.
D. Amandina
Amandina is a feminine given name that functions as a variant form of Amanda.
E. Damkina
Damkina is a Mesopotamian earth and mother goddess, best known as the consort of the god Enki (Ea) and mother of the Babylonian chief god Marduk.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (33)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Khoisan language variety ⓘ click language ⓘ language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Nama language ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Dama ⓘ Damara ⓘ Khoekhoegowab variety ⓘ
hasClickType	alveolar clicks ⓘ dental clicks ⓘ lateral clicks ⓘ palatal clicks ⓘ
hasDomain	cultural and ritual practices of Damara people ⓘ daily communication in Damara communities ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	Damara people NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily	Khoisan ⓘ linked to: Khoisan peoples
hasLinguisticTypology	agglutinative morphology ⓘ subject–verb–object order ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	click consonants ⓘ tonal contrasts ⓘ
hasStatus	minority language in Namibia ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Latin script ⓘ linked to: Latin alphabet
isEndangered	true ⓘ
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith	Nama language ⓘ
isSpokenAsFirstLanguageBy	Damara people NERFINISHED ⓘ
isSpokenAsSecondLanguageIn	Namibia ⓘ
isUsedIn	oral tradition of Damara people ⓘ storytelling among Damara communities ⓘ traditional songs of Damara people ⓘ
region	central Namibia ⓘ northwestern Namibia ⓘ
spokenIn	Namibia ⓘ
spokenPrimarilyBy	Damara people NERFINISHED ⓘ
subfamilyOf	Khoe languages ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Damara language → hasAlternativeName → Damara-Nama ⓘ

Nama language → alternateName → Nama-Damara ⓘ

linked to: Damara-Nama

Usakos → languageSpoken → Damara/Nama ⓘ