Langenesis

Khoe-Kwadi family

Khoekhoe (Nama)

c. 1500 CE – today Living

Khoekhoe (Nama) (c. 1500 CE – today) is a living Khoe-Kwadi language. Lineage: Proto-Khoe-Kwadi → Khoekhoe (Nama).

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Speakers
200K (200,000)
ISO 639-3
naq
Glottocode
nama1264

Khoe language of Namibia, Botswana and South Africa (Nama, Damara, Haiǁom); the most widely spoken click language outside Bantu. Intermediate Proto-Khoe node not tracked.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Khoe-Kwadic. 1,000 BCE – 0 CE
  2. Khoekhoe (Nama)c. 1500 CE – today

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-Khoe-Kwadi.

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