ǀXam and ǂKhomani heartland
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Northern Cape, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The ǀXam[1] and ǂKhomani heartland World Heritage Site consists of regions located to the South and North of Upington, respectively, in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. The ǀXam and ǂKhomani (more correctly Nǁnǂe) people were linguistically related groups of San (Bushman) people, their respective languages (ǀXam and Nǁng) being part of the ǃKwi language group. Descendants of both the ǀXam and Nǁnǂe include Afrikaans-speaking ‘Coloured’ people on farms or in towns in the region amongst whom the precolonial languages are either entirely extinct (in the case of ǀXam) or can be spoken by but a very few people (in the case of Nǁnǂe).
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UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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Location | Northern Cape, South Africa |
Criteria | Cultural: (v), (vi) |
Reference | 1545 |
Inscription | 2017 (41st Session) |
Coordinates | 25°41′15.4″S 20°22′28.5″E |
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