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Also known as Korana language, Kora, Khoemana, Cape Khoe

ǃOrakobab, or Khoemana, also known as Korana, ǃOra, or Griqua, is a moribund Khoe language of South Africa.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Korana is referenced by 72 other articles, and connects out to Griqua people, alveolar nasal click and UNESCO.

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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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Korana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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