|xam dialects ('Berg Bushmen' and 'River Bed people')

Metadata

Title

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Summary

<i>Regarding some Bushman dialects. By lhan≠kass'o (L VIII.-19. 7672-7675).</i> |han≠kass'o comments on his understanding of other |xam dialects, spoken by 'Berg (Mountain) Bushmen' and 'River Bed people'. He can understand their language (≠kakken-≠kakken) even when it is different, because they are his fellows. The language spoken by another group (the |ke |ke ||en) resembles that spoken by the Nama.

Comments

1) Pages 7676-7727 of this notebook are blank, 2) This story is found in Book VIII-19

Type

story

Date

September 1878 or December 1879 (it is unknown which)

Category

History (personal)

Relations with others

Keyword

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