Khoekhoe languages

The Khoekhoe languages are a group within the Khoe family, spoken by Khoekhoe communities in southern Africa. Nama is their largest surviving language.

Khoe languages: A language family of southern Africa that includes Khoekhoe and several languages of Botswana and Namibia. Khoekhoe languages form one branch of this broader family.
Click consonant articulation: The production of clicks through a sealed oral cavity and a suction-driven release. Khoekhoe click inventories depend on where and how the tongue makes closures.
Proto-Khoe: The reconstructed ancestor of the Khoe language family. Khoekhoe languages descend from an earlier Khoe lineage.
Khoekhoegowab: The standardized name for the language commonly called Nama, used in Namibia and neighboring regions. Its standardization supports literacy and public use of a major Khoekhoe language.
Khoekhoe people: A southern African people with historical communities in Namibia, South Africa, and Botswana. Their communities have maintained and transmitted Khoekhoe languages.
Nama language: A Khoe language spoken chiefly in Namibia, with communities in South Africa and Botswana. Nama is the largest surviving language in the Khoekhoe group.
Click consonant accompaniment: A secondary laryngeal or nasal feature produced with a click consonant. Accompaniments distinguish many click phonemes in Khoekhoe languages.
Khoisan languages: A proposed grouping of southern African languages, not accepted as a single established language family. Older classifications grouped Khoekhoe with unrelated click languages under this disputed label.
Khoekhoe language revitalization: Efforts to strengthen intergenerational transmission and public use of Khoekhoe languages. Revitalization responds to pressures on community use and transmission.
Nama people: A Khoekhoe people whose communities are concentrated in Namibia and also live in South Africa and Botswana. Nama communities are central to the continued use of Khoekhoe speech.

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