This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Moved from main page to here;
This is seriously the only information I can find that hasn't been contradicted, except for the number of speakers, though Ethnologue seems like a reliable source. The sources contradict each other on whether Nama contrasts voicing, just what accompaniments it's clicks can have, and many other things.
The article mentions that a dictionary exists; could someone provide a citation or ISBN number?
The dictionary was Published by Gamsberg-Macmillan Publishers, Windhoek ISBN 99916-0-401-4, gamsberg@iafrica.com.na
It would be interesting to know who the author of the contributions on the Nama language is.
W. Haacke
Is it true (as stated in the French article) that most Namas now speak Afrikaans rather than Nama? Quartier Latin1968 22:54, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
Is Nama a national language of Namibia? This article says it is, but Namibia contradicts it.
Namibia has only one official language, English. They use the term "national language" to refer to various other recognized languages, of which Nama/Damara is definitively one. Unfortunately, I could never find a definitive, official list of these "national languages" issued by any government insitution.
"Klipkaffer" language redirects here and has been nominated for speedy deletion. Any thoughts on whether this redirect should be kept or deleted? -- Richard 20:16, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
If you are a native speaker of Khoekhoe then you can help translate this template into your own language:
naq | This user is a native speaker of Khoekhoegowab. |
-- Amazonien ( talk) 22:28, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
Is this edit [1] legitimate? Before the edit the text was identical to another version to be found on the internet, after it not anymore. Also the changes done are not consistent (e.g. in the first two paragraphs clicks followed by vowels received a g after them, but not in the third one), so it can't be just a change of orthographic convention (or it must be a poorly performed one). The IP-address that did it seems to be a regular vandal, but that doesn't say it all, of course. MuDavid ( talk) 14:28, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
From my knowledge the name of the language is pronounced kwe-kwe (the 'we' as in Wembley), not koi-koi. Unfortunately I don't have a reference, and I don't know how to write it in phonetic alphabet. Anyone? -- Pgallert ( talk) 07:01, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Moved from main page to here;
This is seriously the only information I can find that hasn't been contradicted, except for the number of speakers, though Ethnologue seems like a reliable source. The sources contradict each other on whether Nama contrasts voicing, just what accompaniments it's clicks can have, and many other things.
The article mentions that a dictionary exists; could someone provide a citation or ISBN number?
The dictionary was Published by Gamsberg-Macmillan Publishers, Windhoek ISBN 99916-0-401-4, gamsberg@iafrica.com.na
It would be interesting to know who the author of the contributions on the Nama language is.
W. Haacke
Is it true (as stated in the French article) that most Namas now speak Afrikaans rather than Nama? Quartier Latin1968 22:54, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
Is Nama a national language of Namibia? This article says it is, but Namibia contradicts it.
Namibia has only one official language, English. They use the term "national language" to refer to various other recognized languages, of which Nama/Damara is definitively one. Unfortunately, I could never find a definitive, official list of these "national languages" issued by any government insitution.
"Klipkaffer" language redirects here and has been nominated for speedy deletion. Any thoughts on whether this redirect should be kept or deleted? -- Richard 20:16, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
If you are a native speaker of Khoekhoe then you can help translate this template into your own language:
naq | This user is a native speaker of Khoekhoegowab. |
-- Amazonien ( talk) 22:28, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
Is this edit [1] legitimate? Before the edit the text was identical to another version to be found on the internet, after it not anymore. Also the changes done are not consistent (e.g. in the first two paragraphs clicks followed by vowels received a g after them, but not in the third one), so it can't be just a change of orthographic convention (or it must be a poorly performed one). The IP-address that did it seems to be a regular vandal, but that doesn't say it all, of course. MuDavid ( talk) 14:28, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
From my knowledge the name of the language is pronounced kwe-kwe (the 'we' as in Wembley), not koi-koi. Unfortunately I don't have a reference, and I don't know how to write it in phonetic alphabet. Anyone? -- Pgallert ( talk) 07:01, 31 January 2020 (UTC)