The ǂKhomani ( ), or Nǁnǂe, are San (

Bushmen The San peoples (also Saan), or Bushmen, are the members of any of the indigenous hunter-gatherer cultures of southern Africa, and the Indigenous peoples of Africa, oldest surviving cultures of the region. They are thought to have diverged fro ...

) people of

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who traditionally spoke the Tuu language N, , ng. In 2019, their population was estimated to be around 500, with an unknown number of those with ǂKhomani ancestry. Until the 20th century, ǂKhomani spoke Nǁng, but as the people shifted to

Khoekhoe Khoikhoi ( /ˈkɔɪkɔɪ/ ''KOY-koy'') (or Khoekhoe in Namibian orthography) are the traditionally nomadic pastoralist indigenous population of South Africa. They are often grouped with the hunter-gatherer San (literally "foragers") peop ...

and

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, the language lost speakers and now is virtually

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. Due to intermarrying, ǂKhomani identity has expanded to include the descendants of speakers of other (now extinct) ǃKwi languages.

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{{Africa-ethno-group-stub San people Coloureds Indigenous peoples of Southern Africa

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