Khoisan

== English == === Alternative forms === Khoi-San === Etymology === From Khoi +‎ San, from the pastoral Khoi tribe (formerly also called Hottentots) and the hunter-gatherer San (also known as Bushmen). Coined by Isaac Schapera in 1930, in linguistic usage since the 1950s (following Joseph Greenberg, Studies in African Linguistic Classification, 1955). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Khoi‧san (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɪsɑːn/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɪˌsɑn/ === Proper noun === Khoisan The group of languages associated with the Khoisan including the Khoi, Kx'a and Tuu families, sometimes to the inclusion of the Hadza and Sandawe language isolates of Tanzania. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Khoisan (plural Khoisans or Khoisan) A member of the group of non-Bantu Southern African indigenous people: the Khoi or San people. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === ISO 639-3 code khi (SIL) === Anagrams === shikona == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Khoisan. Equivalent to Khoi +‎ San, names of two unrelated peoples in Southern Africa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɔi̯.sɑn/ Hyphenation: Khoi‧san === Proper noun === Khoisan m Khoisan, people === Proper noun === Khoisan n Khoisan, group of languages