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otherwise only
represented by the Cimba,
Kwisi, and the Damara, who
adopted the
Khoekhoe language. Like the
Kwisi they were fishermen, on the
lower reaches...
- The
Kwisi are a seas****-fishing and hunter-gatherer
people of
southwest Angola that
physically seem to be a
remnant of an
indigenous po****tion—along...
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indigenous po****tion of a
southern African type—along with the Kwadi, the
Kwisi, and the Damara—that are
unlike either the San (Bushmen) or the
Bantu Herero...
- The
extinct Kwadi language may have been
distantly related to Khoe, and
Kwisi is
entirely unknown;
their speakers were
neither Khoisan nor Bantu. A (very...
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isolates than
currently accepted. Data for
several African languages, like
Kwisi, are not
sufficient for classification. In addition, Jalaa, Shabo, Laal...
- ****umed to be
Arawan Nagarchal † (India) – ****umed to have been
Dravidian Kwisi † (Angola)
Ancient Cappadocian † (Asia Minor) –
possibly Anatolian Lycaonian...
- po****tions Namibia
Languages Khoekhoe (coll. Damara)
Religion Both
African religions and
Christianity Related ethnic groups Nama,
Kwisi, Kwadi, Cimba...
- -amo -heso -kwiso -ka -so 3f.sg -ako -akwa -heko -kwiko -kota -ko 3f.pl -ephee -ame -hese -kwise -keta -se 3m.pl -iphii -ami -hisi -
kwisi -kitcha -si...
- Huíla and
Cunene in
Angola Ethnicity OshiHerero, Himba, Mbanderu, Tjimba,
Kwisi, Twa
Native speakers 250,000 (2015–2018)
Language family Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo...
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inhabited by
Herero groups (vaKuval, Ova-Himba) and
small Khoisan groups (
Kwisi, Kwepe).
Agriculture is the main
source of
income in
Namibe Province, the...
