Nama

Endonyms

Khoekhoegowab

Alternate Names

Nama, Berdama, Bergdamara, “Hottentot” (pej.), Kakuya Bushman, Khoekhoe, Khoekhoegowab, Khoekhoegowap, Maqua, Namakwa, Naman, Namaqua, Nasie, Rooi Nasie, Tama, Tamakwa, Tamma

Identifiers
ISO code

naq

Glottocode

nama1264

Metadata
Countries of origin

Namibia

Writing systems

Latin

Linguistic genealogy

Khoisan

EGIDS Status

4 - Educational

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