Khoisan Language (Noun)
Meaning
A family of languages spoken in southern Africa.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The Khoisan languages, also known as click languages, are a family of languages spoken in southern Africa.
- Khoisan languages account for nearly fifty languages and numerous dialects spoken in southern Africa, including Namibia and Botswana.
- The 19th-century arrival of the people who speak the Khoisan language contributed to the development of the mixed-race Griqua people in the region.
- The core Khoisan languages form the southernmost language phylum in Africa and part of the much larger macrosuperfamily of the African languages.
- There has been much speculation on the possible relationship of the Khoisan language to other linguistic families in Africa and the world.