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8249 (Khoekhoe) {
id: 8249 , code_val: "naq ", code_authorities: "ISO 639-3 ", primary_name: "Khoekhoe ", alternate_names: "Khoekhoegowap; Khoekhoegowab; Khoe; Bergdama; Hottentot; Nama; Nama Hottentot; Hottentottisch; Dama; Naman; Namakwa; Namaqua; Maqua; Tama; Tamma; Tamakwa; Berdama; Bergdamara; Kakuya Bushman Nasie; Rooi Nasie; Damara; Damaqua; Khoi; Khiri; Grikwa; Griqua; Xrikwa; Xirikwa; Gry; Cape Hottentot; Gri; Cap-Dialekt; ", lang_description: "", classification: "Khoe; Khoekhoe ", dialect_varieties: "ǂAkhoe, Hai||om, Gaub Damara, Sesfontein, Namidama, Central Nama, Gobabis, Bondelswarts ", public_comment: "", private_comment: null, source_id: null, speakers: [ { id: 17675 , code_id: 8249 , speaker_number: "100000 ", speaker_number_text: "200,000 in Namibia (2006). Population total all countries: 251,100 ", second_language_speakers: null, semi_speakers: null, children: null, young_adults: null, older_adults: null, elders: null, ethnic_population: null, date_of_info: null, public_comment: null, private_comment: null, source_id: 1511 , preferred: 0, { id: 17676 , code_id: 8249 , speaker_number: "100000 ", speaker_number_text: "233,701 ", second_language_speakers: null, semi_speakers: null, children: null, young_adults: null, older_adults: null, elders: null, ethnic_population: null, date_of_info: null, public_comment: null, private_comment: null, source_id: 1881 , preferred: 0, { id: 17677 , code_id: 8249 , speaker_number: "100000 ", speaker_number_text: "190,000-210,000 ", second_language_speakers: null, semi_speakers: null, children: null, young_adults: null, older_adults: null, elders: null, ethnic_population: null, date_of_info: null, public_comment: null, private_comment: null, source_id: 90380 , preferred: 1 , { id: 19435 , code_id: 8249 , speaker_number: "1000-9999 ", speaker_number_text: "7,506 (Hai//om variety only) ", second_language_speakers: null, semi_speakers: null, children: null, young_adults: null, older_adults: null, elders: null, ethnic_population: null, date_of_info: "1991 ", public_comment: ""According to the official census there were 7,506 Hai//om speakers living in northern Namibia in 1991 but as with all figures on people and languages of low reputation this count is not very reliable." ", private_comment: null, source_id: 88638 , preferred: 0, { id: 19436 , code_id: 8249 , speaker_number: null, speaker_number_text: null, second_language_speakers: null, semi_speakers: null, children: null, young_adults: null, older_adults: null, elders: null, ethnic_population: "11,000 (Hai//om only) ", date_of_info: "1992 ", public_comment: ""Barnarb (1992, p 214) estimates the Hai//om population as approximately 11,000 people, while Haacke (1990, p 398) estimates approximately 'a few hundred people.'" ", private_comment: null, source_id: 5099 , preferred: 0, { id: 20634 , code_id: 8249 , speaker_number: "10000-99999 ", speaker_number_text: "175,000 ", second_language_speakers: "Yes ", semi_speakers: null, children: null, young_adults: null, older_adults: null, elders: null, ethnic_population: null, date_of_info: null, public_comment: ""Nama... is spoken mainly in Namibia where it commands a population of about 175,000 speakers (if combined with Damara), hence making it demographically the most important Khoesan language... the Nama language is so strong in Tshabong that it has attracted second language speakers." ", private_comment: null, source_id: 31028 , preferred: 0, { id: 20954 , code_id: 8249 , speaker_number: null, speaker_number_text: null, second_language_speakers: null, semi_speakers: null, children: null, young_adults: null, older_adults: null, elders: null, ethnic_population: null, date_of_info: null, public_comment: null, private_comment: null, source_id: 67089 , preferred: 0, { id: 24519 , code_id: 8249 , speaker_number: null, speaker_number_text: null, second_language_speakers: null, semi_speakers: null, children: null, young_adults: null, older_adults: null, elders: null, ethnic_population: "840-1,090 ", date_of_info: "1995-1999 ", public_comment: null, private_comment: null, source_id: 4257 , preferred: 0, language: { code_id: 8249 , featured: 0, cached_documentation_score: -1 , google_group_url: "", simplified_level: "mid ", coordinates: "-20.313721, 14.968872; -22.654572, 17.017822; -28.352734, 16.864014; -19.414792, 17.896729 ", updated_at: "2018-03-25 01:00:42 ", speaker_attitude: "Negative ", government_support: "Khoekhoe is an official language of education ", institutional_support: null, _other_languages_used: null, domains_of_use: "Used in most domains except for official ones such as government, mass media, education etc. ", speakers_worldwide: "190,000-210,000 ", second_language_speakers: null, semi_speakers: null, children: null, young_adults: null, older_adults: null, elders: null, ethnic_population: null, speakers_worldwide_year: null, bibliography_of_vitality: "90380 ", bibliography_of_context: "90380 ", bibliography_of_locations: "90380 ", user_submission: null, approved: 1 , speakers_int_cache: 200000 , has_audio_samples: 0, has_document_samples: 0, has_image_samples: 0, has_guide_samples: 0, has_video_samples: 0, search_simplified_level: "V ", user_id: 1 , code_val_cache: "naq ", has_link_samples: 0, submission_source_info: null, countries: [ { id: 83 , name: "South Africa ", pivot: { language_id: 8249 , country_id: 83 , { id: 146 , name: "Botswana ", pivot: { language_id: 8249 , country_id: 146 , { id: 158 , name: "Namibia ", pivot: { language_id: 8249 , country_id: 158 , }