Khoisan

khoisan English Alternative forms en Khoi-San Etymology From en Khoi San, from the pastoral Khoi tribe (formerly also called Hottentots) and the hunter-gatherer San (also known as Bushmen). Coined by Isaac Schapera in 1930, in linguistic usage since the 1950s (following Joseph Greenberg, Studies in African Linguistic Classification, 1955). Pronunciation en Khoi san en /ˈkɔɪsɑːn/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Khoisan.wav Southern England en /ˈkɔɪˌsɑn/ US Proper noun The group of languages associated with the Khoisan including the Khoi, Kx'a and Tuu families, sometimes to the inclusion of the Hadza and Sandawe language isolates of Tanzania. Derived terms en Khoisanist Translations language group Finnish: fi khoisankielet p French: fr Khoisan Galician: gl Khoisa Irish: ga Cadhsainis f Japanese: ja コイサン諸語 こいさんしょご, koisansyogo, ja コイサン語 こいさんご, koisango Macedonian: mk којсанска f, mk којсански m-p Noun s * A member of the group of non-Bantu Southern African indigenous people: the Khoi or San people. Translations person Dutch: nl Khoisan (plural form) Finnish: fi khoisan Galician: gl khoisa m f Macedonian: mk Којсанци p (plural form) Further reading 1 khi Anagrams en ahiknos shikona en Language families Dutch nl: Etymology Borrowed from nl en Khoisan. Equivalent to nl Khoi San, names of two unrelated peoples in Southern Africa. Pronunciation nl /ˈkɔi̯.sɑn/ nl Khoi san Proper noun m en Khoisan, people Proper noun n en Khoisan, group of languages nl Languages