Re: Basque & Katzner's Languages of the World
From: | Doug Barr <dbarr@...> |
Date: | Saturday, November 17, 2001, 1:50 |
Sgriobh Josh Roth:
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> Where else would I ever have seen Sibo writing, or Bushman? I've still
never
> seen anything else on these (maybe there's another name for Bushman? The
> Ethnologue isn't too helpful here).
The "Bushman" languages, along with their relatives the "Hottentot"
languages, are now called the "Khoisan" languages - "khoi" and "san" are the
respective words for "people" (I *think* "khoi" is the Bushman word, though
I could be wrong). Look for "Khoisan."
Doug