Korana
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ǃOrakobab, or Khoemana, also known as Korana, ǃOra, or Griqua, is a moribund Khoe language of South Africa.
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Vinony files it under Endangered languages of Africa, Griqua people and ISO language articles citing sources other than Ethnologue.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Language.name
- Khoemana
- Language.altname
- Griqua, Korana, ǃOra, Kora
- Language.nativename
- ǃOrakobab
- Language.states
- South Africa, Namibia
- Language.ethnicity
- Griqua people
- Language.speakers
- Korana (kqz): 6
- Language.date
- 2008
- Language.speakers2
- Xiri (xii): 187
- Language.familycolor
- Khoisan
- Language.fam1
- Khoe–Kwadi
- Language.fam2
- Khoe
- Language.fam3
- Khoekhoe
- Language.lc1
- kqz
- Language.ld1
- Korana
- Language.lc2
- xii
- Language.ld2
- Xiri
- Language.glotto
- sout3214
- Language.glottorefname
- South Khoekhoe
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Names
- Phonology
- Population
- Attestation
- History
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ǃOrakobab, or Khoemana, also known as Korana, ǃOra, or Griqua, is a moribund Khoe language of South Africa.
==Names== "Khoemana" (from khoe 'person' + mana 'language') is more commonly known as either Korana (also ǃOrakobab, ǃOra, Kora, Koraqua) or Griqua (also Gri , Xri, Xiri, Xirikwa). The name 'Korana' reflects the endonym ǃOra or ǃGora , referring to the ǃOra people. Sometimes ǃOra is also known as Cape Khoe or Cape Hottentot, though the latter has become considered derogatory. The various names are often treated as different languages (called South Khoekhoe when taken together), but they do not correspond to any actual dialect distinctions, and speakers may use "Korana" and "Griqua" interchangeably. Both names are also used more broadly, for example for the Griqua people. There exist (or existed) several dialects of Khoemana, but the details are unknown.
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