The Khoe languages are the largest of the non-Bantu language families indigenous to southern Africa. They are often considered to be a branch of a suspected Khoisan language family, and are known as Central Khoisan in that scenario. The nearest relative of the Khoe family appears to be the extinct and poorly attested Kwadi language of Angola. This larger group, for which pronouns and some basic vocabulary have been tentatively reconstructed, is called Kwadi-Khoe.

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  • The Khoe languages are the largest of the non-Bantu language families indigenous to southern Africa. They are often considered to be a branch of a suspected Khoisan language family, and are known as Central Khoisan in that scenario. The nearest relative of the Khoe family appears to be the extinct and poorly attested Kwadi language of Angola. This larger group, for which pronouns and some basic vocabulary have been tentatively reconstructed, is called Kwadi-Khoe. Beyond that, the nearest relative may be the Sandawe isolate; the Sandawe pronoun system is very similar to that of Kwadi-Khoe, but there are not enough known correlations for regular sound correspondences to be worked out. The most numerous and only well known Khoe language is Nama of Namibia, also known as Khoekhoegowab or Hottentot. The rest of the family is found predominantly in the Kalahari Desert of Botswana. The Khoe languages were the first Khoisan languages known to European colonists, and are famous for their clicks, though these are not as extensive as in other Khoisan language families. There are two primary branches of the family, Khoekhoe of Namibia and South Africa, and Tshu-Khwe of Botswana and Zimbabwe. Except for Nama, they are under pressure from national or regional languages such as Tswana.
  • Centrala khoisanspråk eller khoespråk är en språkgrupp i khoisanfamiljen i södra Afrika. Det är omstritt hur nära släkt de olika grenarna av khoisanspråken egentligen är, och de centrala khoisanspråken räknas ibland som en egen familj, då under namnet khoespråk. Det största språket i gruppen är nama. Gruppen kan delas in i tshu-khwespråk, som framförallt talas i Namibia och Sydafrika, och khoekhoespråk som främst återfinns i Kalahariöknen i Botswana och i Zimbabwe. Ibland räknas det tanzaniska sandawe som en egen gren av khoespråken, liksom det utdöda språket kwadi men deras respektive släktskap är omtvistade. Flera av språken är hotade. Sammanlagt omfattar språkfamiljen (sandawe oräknat) omkring 300 000 talare.
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  • Central Khoisan (obsolete)
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  • Khoekhoe
  • Tshu-Khwe
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  • Khoe-Sandawe (tentative)
  • Kwadi-Khoe (tentative)
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  • Khoisan
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  • Khoe
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  • The Khoe languages are the largest of the non-Bantu language families indigenous to southern Africa. They are often considered to be a branch of a suspected Khoisan language family, and are known as Central Khoisan in that scenario. The nearest relative of the Khoe family appears to be the extinct and poorly attested Kwadi language of Angola. This larger group, for which pronouns and some basic vocabulary have been tentatively reconstructed, is called Kwadi-Khoe.
  • Centrala khoisanspråk eller khoespråk är en språkgrupp i khoisanfamiljen i södra Afrika. Det är omstritt hur nära släkt de olika grenarna av khoisanspråken egentligen är, och de centrala khoisanspråken räknas ibland som en egen familj, då under namnet khoespråk. Det största språket i gruppen är nama. Gruppen kan delas in i tshu-khwespråk, som framförallt talas i Namibia och Sydafrika, och khoekhoespråk som främst återfinns i Kalahariöknen i Botswana och i Zimbabwe.
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  • Khoe languages
  • Centrala khoisanspråk
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