单词 | Khoisan |
释义 | Khoisan/ˈkɔɪsɑːn /noun 1 [usually treated as plural] A collective term for the Khoikhoi and San peoples of southern Africa.In southern Africa, the Khoisan were pushed all the way to the southern tip of the continent....
2 [mass noun] A language family of southern Africa, including the languages of the Khoikhoi and San, now having fewer than a million speakers altogether, and notable for the use of clicks (made by suction with the tongue) as additional consonants.Bantu, Khoisan, and Indo-European languages are spoken in Botswana. adjective Relating to the Khoisan or their languages.Members of the Khoisan language groups are the oldest surviving inhabitants of the land, but only a few are left in South Africa today - and they are located in the western sections....
OriginBlend of Khoikhoi and San. |
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