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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:ethnic_group
tribe
language family
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Bushmen
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gptkbp:alternativeName
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Bantu_language
Bantu_people
Batswana_tribe
San_people
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gptkbp:BantuExpansionPeriod
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1000 BCE – 1700 CE
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gptkbp:class
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gptkb:Benue-Congo
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gptkbp:colonialName
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gptkb:Bushmen
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gptkbp:countryOfMajority
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gptkb:Botswana
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gptkbp:culturalHeritage
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music and dance
rock paintings
oral storytelling
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gptkbp:culturalPractice
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bogwera (initiation ceremony)
lebollo (initiation ceremony)
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gptkbp:culture
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gptkb:art
gptkb:dance
gptkb:music
oral traditions
age-grade systems
clan systems
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gptkbp:demographics
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majority ethnic group in Botswana
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gptkbp:diaspora
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gptkb:Namibia
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:Zimbabwe
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gptkbp:feature
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agglutinative morphology
tonal languages
complex tense-aspect system
subject-verb-object word order
use of augment vowels
use of locative classes
polysynthetic tendencies
reduplication
derivational affixes
extensive verb conjugation
noun-adjective agreement
prefixation
rich system of demonstratives
use of concord markers
use of enclitics
use of infixes in some languages
use of negative concord
use of preprefixes
use of pronominal prefixes
verb extensions
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gptkbp:firstDescribed
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gptkb:Wilhelm_Bleek
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gptkbp:flag
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gptkb:Botswana_national_flag
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gptkbp:geneticDiversity
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among the most diverse in the world
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gptkbp:glottologCode
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bant1290
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gptkbp:historicalDisplacement
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colonial expansion
land dispossession
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gptkbp:historicalPeriod
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gptkb:Bakgatla
gptkb:Bakwena
gptkb:Bamangwato
gptkb:Barolong
British Protectorate (Bechuanaland)
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gptkbp:ISO639-3
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bnt
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gptkbp:language
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over 500
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gptkbp:languageFamily
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gptkb:Bantu_languages
gptkb:Khoisan_languages
gptkb:Niger-Congo_languages
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gptkbp:languageSpoken
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gptkb:Herero
gptkb:Shona
gptkb:Sotho
gptkb:Tonga
gptkb:Tsonga
gptkb:Tswana
gptkb:Venda
gptkb:Xhosa
gptkb:Zulu
gptkb:Banyankole
gptkb:Banyarwanda
gptkb:Banyoro
gptkb:Basoga
gptkb:Batoro
gptkb:Chaga
gptkb:Lega
gptkb:Luba
gptkb:Makua
gptkb:Meru
gptkb:Nyamwezi
gptkb:Rundi
gptkb:Kongo
gptkb:Bemba
gptkb:Lunda
gptkb:Chokwe
gptkb:Nguni
gptkb:Bakongo
gptkb:Ganda
gptkb:Sukuma
Chewa
Hutu
Swahili
Fang
Kikuyu
Luhya
Setswana
Yao
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gptkbp:linguisticFeature
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noun class system
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gptkbp:locatedIn
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gptkb:Africa
gptkb:Botswana
gptkb:Namibia
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:Zimbabwe
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gptkbp:mainEconomicActivity
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agriculture
fishing
trade
cattle herding
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gptkbp:mainLanguage
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gptkb:Shona
gptkb:Xhosa
gptkb:Zulu
gptkb:Chichewa
gptkb:Kinyarwanda
gptkb:Kirundi
gptkb:Lingala
gptkb:Luganda
Swahili
Kikuyu
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gptkbp:majorCity
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gptkb:Angola
gptkb:Burundi
gptkb:Cameroon
gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
gptkb:Kenya
gptkb:Mozambique
gptkb:Nigeria
gptkb:Rwanda
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:Tanzania
gptkb:Uganda
gptkb:Zimbabwe
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gptkbp:migratory
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gptkb:Bantu_expansion
circa 1000 BCE to 1700 CE
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gptkbp:minorityIn
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gptkb:Botswana
gptkb:Namibia
gptkb:South_Africa
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gptkbp:notableFor
|
rock art
click consonants in language
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gptkbp:notableGroup
|
gptkb:Herero
gptkb:Shona
gptkb:Sotho
gptkb:Tonga
gptkb:Tsonga
gptkb:Tswana
gptkb:Venda
gptkb:Xhosa
gptkb:Zulu
gptkb:Bagisu
gptkb:Bakiga
gptkb:Bangwato
gptkb:Banyankole
gptkb:Banyarwanda
gptkb:Banyoro
gptkb:Barundi
gptkb:Basoga
gptkb:Batoro
gptkb:Chaga
gptkb:Lega
gptkb:Luba
gptkb:Makonde
gptkb:Makua
gptkb:Meru
gptkb:Ngala
gptkb:Nyakyusa
gptkb:Nyamwezi
gptkb:Rundi
gptkb:Umbundu
gptkb:Bassa
gptkb:Kongo
gptkb:Luo
gptkb:Swazi
gptkb:Bemba
gptkb:Lunda
gptkb:Chokwe
gptkb:Bulu
gptkb:Bafokeng
gptkb:Bakgatla
gptkb:Bakwena
gptkb:Barolong
gptkb:Batlokwa
gptkb:Duala
gptkb:Nguni
gptkb:Baganda
gptkb:Bakongo
gptkb:Bakossi
gptkb:Bamileke
gptkb:Beti
gptkb:Ganda
gptkb:Mongo
gptkb:Tumbuka
gptkb:Ngoni
gptkb:Ewondo
gptkb:Balete
gptkb:Sukuma
gptkb:Bakubung
gptkb:Bamalete
gptkb:Batawana
Basotho
Chewa
Hutu
Swahili
Fang
Kamba
Kikuyu
Luhya
Yao
|
|
gptkbp:notableLanguage
|
gptkb:Shona
gptkb:Tswana
gptkb:Xhosa
gptkb:Zulu
gptkb:Chichewa
gptkb:Kinyarwanda
gptkb:Kirundi
gptkb:Lingala
gptkb:Ganda
Swahili
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|
gptkbp:notablePerson
|
gptkb:Juǀʼhoan_San
gptkb:Seretse_Khama
gptkb:!Kung_San
gptkb:Bathoen_II
gptkb:Gwi_San
gptkb:Naro_San
gptkb:Ian_Khama
gptkb:Kgosi_Sechele_I
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gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers
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over 350 million
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gptkbp:organization
|
gptkb:Kuru_Family_of_Organisations
gptkb:Working_Group_of_Indigenous_Minorities_in_Southern_Africa
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gptkbp:originatedIn
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gptkb:West/Central_Africa
gptkb:Cameroon-Nigeria_border_region
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gptkbp:population
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over 4 million
over 400 million
approximately 100,000
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:Angola
gptkb:Botswana
gptkb:Central_Africa
gptkb:Namibia
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:Southern_Africa
gptkb:Zambia
gptkb:Zimbabwe
gptkb:Southeastern_Africa
gptkb:Eastern_Africa
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gptkbp:relatedEthnicGroup
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gptkb:Tswana_people
|
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gptkbp:relatedGroup
|
gptkb:Khoisan_peoples
gptkb:Niger-Congo_peoples
gptkb:Nilotic_peoples
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gptkbp:relatedTo
|
gptkb:Khoisan_peoples
gptkb:Khoikhoi
gptkb:Niger-Congo_languages
gptkb:Great_Bantu_Migration
gptkb:Iron_Age_in_Africa
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gptkbp:religion
|
gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Islam
gptkb:Traditional_African_religions
traditional African religions
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gptkbp:ruled
|
Kgosi
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|
gptkbp:selfIdentification
|
gptkb:San
gptkb:Juǀʼhoansi
gptkb:Basarwa
gptkb:Khwe
gptkb:Sho
gptkb:!Kung
|
|
gptkbp:spokenIn
|
gptkb:Africa
gptkb:Central_Africa
gptkb:Southern_Africa
gptkb:Eastern_Africa
|
|
gptkbp:subfamily
|
gptkb:Niger-Congo_languages
|
|
gptkbp:subject
|
anthropology
archaeology
genetics
linguistics
|
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gptkbp:tradition
|
mythology
trance dance
|
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gptkbp:traditionalDance
|
gptkb:Phathisi
gptkb:Setapa
|
|
gptkbp:traditionalDress
|
leteisi
|
|
gptkbp:traditionalDwelling
|
rondavel
|
|
gptkbp:traditionalEconomy
|
agriculture
cattle herding
|
|
gptkbp:traditionalFood
|
gptkb:bogobe
gptkb:morogo
gptkb:seswaa
game meat
mongongo nut
wild tubers
madila
|
|
gptkbp:traditionalLifestyle
|
hunter-gatherer
|
|
gptkbp:traditionalMusic
|
gptkb:Phathisi
gptkb:Setapa
|
|
gptkbp:traditionalShelter
|
temporary shelters
grass huts
|
|
gptkbp:traditionalTerritory
|
gptkb:Kalahari_Desert
|
|
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite
|
gptkb:Twyfelfontein
Tsodilo Hills
|
|
gptkbp:weapon
|
bow and arrow
poisoned arrows
|
|
gptkbp:writingSystem
|
gptkb:Latin_script
Arabic script
|
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gptkbp:bfsParent
|
gptkb:Kalahari_Desert
gptkb:Tswana
gptkb:Xhosa
gptkb:Indigenous_people
gptkb:African_traditional_religions
gptkb:Khoisan
gptkb:Swazi
gptkb:Bantu_religion
gptkb:Doualais
gptkb:Nguni
gptkb:Ngwenya_Mine
gptkb:Kalahari
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|
gptkbp:bfsLayer
|
5
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