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    /ˈkɔɪkɔɪ/ KOY-koy language (Khoekhoegowab), also known by the ethnic terms Nama (Namagowab) /ˈnɑːmə/ NAH-mə, Damara (ǂNūkhoegowab), or Nama/Damara and formerly...
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    Namibia and Botswana. They traditionally speak the Nama language of the Khoe-Kwadi language family, although many Nama also speak Afrikaans. The Nama...
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    which was waged against the Herero (Ovaherero) and the Nama in German South West Africa (now Namibia) by the German Empire. It was the first genocide to...
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    country in sub-Saharan Africa, Namibia has been inhabited since pre-historic times by the Khoi, San, Damara and Nama people. Around the 14th century...
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    Namibia, despite its scant population, is home to a wide diversity of languages, from multiple language families: Germanic, Bantu, and the various Khoisan...
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  • Khoi language is Khoikhoi (Nama/Damara) of Namibia. The rest of the family is found predominantly in the Kalahari Desert of Botswana. The languages are...
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    (UN World Population Prospects): Namibia has many ethnic groups. The 9 main ethnic groups are: Ovambo people Herero Nama / Damara Coloured / Baster Kavango...
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  • The Nama language is a variety of the Khoekhoe language of Namibia, spoken by the Nama people. Nama may also refer to: The Nama language (Papuan) variety...
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    record. The only widespread Khoisan language is Khoekhoe (also known as Khoekhoegowab, Nàmá or Damara) of Namibia, Botswana and South Africa, with a quarter...
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    Khoekhoe (category Ethnic groups in Namibia)
    subdivisions today are the Nama people of Namibia, Botswana and South Africa (with numerous clans), the ǂNūkhoeǃhaos of Namibia, the !Orana clans of South...
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