Dimensions of variability in northern Khoekhoe language and culture

Southern African Humanities

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 133-161

  Rapold, Christian J ^a   Widlok, Thomas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

!Ora; !Xoon; !Xun; khoe; Citation form; Ethnicity; Historical reconstruction; Kinship; Mangetti West; Naming; Naro; Origins; Outjo Hai||om; Politics; Tone; Tsumeb Damara

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954541244     PISSN: 16815564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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