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GREAT NAMAQUALAND [2 records]

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Record 1 1995-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

A dialect of Hottentot spoken by the Nama, a Khoikhoi people living in Great Namaqualand, in south-west Africa.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Le nama est la forme la plus importante du hottentot. Il est parlé par les Namas, peuple vivant au Great Namaqualand, en Afrique. C'est la seule langue du groupe khoisan à avoir une expression écrite.

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
OBS

Coastal region, SW Africa, divided by Orange river into Great Namaqualand to the N(in South-West Africa) and Little Namaqualand to the S.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)

Spanish

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