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30,000 years?
What's that 30,000 years about? The rest of the article doesn't mention any period of time. The off-site link talks about pottery evidence 2,000 years back. A reference to the source of this claim would be useful (unless it's speculation, in which case it should be marked as such). (Anonymous passer-by) November 9, 2005.
- The 30,000 years is shown by the continuous record of rock-art going back 30,000 years over a wide area of Southern Africa. The most recent rock art is a couple of hundred years old. This shows a record of the (hunting) San people. The Khoikhoi (herder gatherers) are evidenced by pottery, etc. which has been found going back 2,000 years. (another Anonymous passer-by, May 2006).
Praise address
- The designation "Khoekhoe" is actually a kare or praise address …
Okay, and what does that mean? —Tamfang (talk) 03:56, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
- Obviously, anyone using terms like "praise address" should say what the terms mean. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.77.163.188 (talk) 11:51, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
- good question. WTF does Kare or praise address mean? 2600:100F:A110:938D:702B:7836:9CB5:5333 (talk) 17:48, 9 February 2025 (UTC)
Requested move 26 February 2020
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The result of the move request was: Moved. The ayes have it. (closed by non-admin page mover) OhKayeSierra (talk) 21:22, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
Khoikhoi → Khoekhoe – According to the article, the current name is obsolete. 1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 21:14, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
- Support, is the spelling used by the majority of scholarly papers since 2000, also used by Britannica. – Thjarkur (talk) 23:22, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
- Support per nom and Þjarkur. --Less Unless (talk) 10:14, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
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It's been written Khoikhoi for a very long time and everyone in Southern Africa knows it as such. Every museum we went to as children, all the textbooks etc. I have never seen it written Khoekhoe until I saw this. Who decided to change it to Khoekhoe and what gives them the authority? Nobody is even aware of this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.13.243.73 (talk) 14:31, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
Pronunciation of name
Is the name "Khoekhoe" pronounced /ˈkɔɪkɔɪ/ , the same as shown in the article Khoekhoe language? I think a pronunciation note is necessary, as it isn't obvious at all. – gpvos (talk) 15:45, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
Diverged from other humans?
"The Khoekhoe are thought to have diverged from other humans 100,000 to 200,000 years ago" Unusual phrasing that I think could be expressed more clearly. Totorotroll (talk) 19:21, 5 May 2025 (UTC)