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 The name [[Khoikhoi]] (also found as [[Khoi-Khoi]] or [[Khoi Khoi]]) was later contracted to the more familiar, [[Khoi]], used today. Also used in the combination [[Khoi-San]] with reference to the all original inhabitants of Southern Africa - the [[San]].  (The latter group was at one time denigratingly referred to as  [[Bushmen]] (or [[Bosjesmannen]] in [[Dutch]] and [[Boesmans]] in [[Afrikaans]]) and the [[Khoikhoi]] again as [[Hottentots]] ([[Hottentotte]] in [[Dutch]] or [[Afrikaans]]).
-This name was soon contracted to "[[Hotnot]]" in the spoken language by [[Dutch]]-, and later   [[Afrikaans]]-speaking people in the Cape. In the 19th and 20th centuries, as the numbers of "pure"  "Hottentots" dwindled, the term was expanded to refer to all people of mixed race heritage and gradually was also used denigratingly (particularly in the contracted form) to imply inferiority and lack of
+This name was soon contracted to "[[Hotnot]]" in the spoken language by [[Dutch]]-, and later  [[Afrikaans]]-speaking people in the Cape. In the 19th and 20th centuries, as the numbers of "pure"  "Hottentots" dwindled, the term was expanded to refer to all people of mixed race heritage and gradually was also used denigratingly (particularly in the contracted form) to imply inferiority and lack of
-The term Hottentot was used by a number of earlier writers to refer to an uncivilized, even
+The term [[Hottentot]] was used by a number of earlier writers to refer to an uncivilized, even barbaric, race. By the 1980’s however the term was seen as highly derogatory and replaced by the more "correct" [[Khoi]] or '''[[/Xhoi]]''' (the / indicating a click sound). However by 2000 this had been challenged in its turn, with the etymology of "Hottentot" being reappraised by descendants of the origial descendents of the [[Khoikhoi]].. *? '''CHECK!'''
 '''See also [[Coloured]] and [[Griqua]].'''
 Though the term is of course found in numerous books, novels, poems and plays from the 18th to the 20th century, a number of them classic works, it is today seen as politically incorrect and features among the many proscribed [[racial terms]] formerly found in South Africa.
 == Sources ==

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−	[[Hottentot]] was the name given to a member of the hunter-gatherer people of '''[[Khoikhoi]]''' descent by the [[Dutch]] settlers in the mid 17th century, in immitation of the sounds they heard in the [[Khoekhoe]] languages, spoken by the [[Khoikhoi]]. The name [[Khoikhoi]] was later contracted to the more familiar, [[Khoi]], used today ~~- also~~ in the combination [[Khoi-San]] with reference to the all original inhabitants of Southern Africa - the [[San]]. (The latter group was at one time denigratingly referred to as [[Bushmen]] (or [[Bosjesmannen]] in [[Dutch]] and [[Boesmans]] in [[Afrikaans]]) and the [[Khoikhoi]] again as [[Hottentots]] ([[Hottentotte]] in [[Dutch]] or [[Afrikaans]]).	+	[[Hottentot]] was the name given to a member of the hunter-gatherer people of '''[[Khoikhoi]]''' descent by the [[Dutch]] settlers in the mid 17th century, in immitation of the sounds they heard in the [[Khoekhoe]] languages, spoken by the [[Khoikhoi]].
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		+	The name [[Khoikhoi]] (also found as [[Khoi-Khoi]] or [[Khoi Khoi]]) was later contracted to the more familiar, [[Khoi]], used today. Also used in the combination [[Khoi-San]] with reference to the all original inhabitants of Southern Africa - the [[San]]. (The latter group was at one time denigratingly referred to as [[Bushmen]] (or [[Bosjesmannen]] in [[Dutch]] and [[Boesmans]] in [[Afrikaans]]) and the [[Khoikhoi]] again as [[Hottentots]] ([[Hottentotte]] in [[Dutch]] or [[Afrikaans]]).

	This name was soon contracted to "[[Hotnot]]" in the spoken language by [[Dutch]]-, and later [[Afrikaans]]-speaking people in the Cape. In the 19th and 20th centuries, as the numbers of "pure" "Hottentots" dwindled, the term was expanded to refer to all people of mixed race heritage and gradually was also used denigratingly (particularly in the contracted form) to imply inferiority and lack of		This name was soon contracted to "[[Hotnot]]" in the spoken language by [[Dutch]]-, and later [[Afrikaans]]-speaking people in the Cape. In the 19th and 20th centuries, as the numbers of "pure" "Hottentots" dwindled, the term was expanded to refer to all people of mixed race heritage and gradually was also used denigratingly (particularly in the contracted form) to imply inferiority and lack of

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−	~~#REDIRECT~~[[Khoikhoi]]	+	[[Hottentot]] was the name given to a member of the hunter-gatherer people of '''[[Khoikhoi]]''' descent by the [[Dutch]] settlers in the mid 17th century, in immitation of the sounds they heard in the [[Khoekhoe]] languages, spoken by the [[Khoikhoi]]. The name [[Khoikhoi]] was later contracted to the more familiar, [[Khoi]], used today - also in the combination [[Khoi-San]] with reference to the all original inhabitants of Southern Africa - the [[San]]. (The latter group was at one time denigratingly referred to as [[Bushmen]] (or [[Bosjesmannen]] in [[Dutch]] and [[Boesmans]] in [[Afrikaans]]) and the [[Khoikhoi]] again as [[Hottentots]] ([[Hottentotte]] in [[Dutch]] or [[Afrikaans]]).
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		+	This name was soon contracted to "[[Hotnot]]" in the spoken language by [[Dutch]]-, and later [[Afrikaans]]-speaking people in the Cape. In the 19th and 20th centuries, as the numbers of "pure" "Hottentots" dwindled, the term was expanded to refer to all people of mixed race heritage and gradually was also used denigratingly (particularly in the contracted form) to imply inferiority and lack of
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		+	The term Hottentot was used by a number of earlier writers to refer to an uncivilized, even
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		+	By the 1980’s the term was seen as highly derogatory and replaced by the more "correct" [[Khoi]] or '''/Xhoi''' (the / indicating a click sound). However by 2000 this had been challenged in its turn, with the etymology of "Hottentot" being reappraised by descendants of the origial descendents of the [[Khoikhoi]].. *? '''CHECK!'''
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		+	'''See also [[Coloured]] and [[Griqua]].'''
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		+	Though the term is of course found in numerous books, novels, poems and plays from the 18th to the 20th century, a number of them classic works, it is today seen as politically incorrect and features among the many proscribed [[racial terms]] formerly found in South Africa.
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		+	== Sources ==
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		+	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khoikhoi

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−	[[Hottentot]] was the name given to a member of the hunter-gatherer people of '''[[Khoikhoi]]''' descent by the [[Dutch]] settlers in the mid 17th century, in immitation of the sounds they heard in the [[Khoekhoe]] languages, spoken by the [[Khoikhoi]]. The name [[Khoikhoi]] was later contracted to the more familiar, [[Khoi]], used today - also in the combination [[Khoi-San]] with reference to the all original inhabitants of Southern Africa - the [[San]]. (The latter group was at one time denigratingly referred to as [[Bushmen]] (or [[Bosjesmannen]] in [[Dutch]] and [[Boesmans]] in [[Afrikaans]]) and the [[Khoikhoi]] again as [[Hottentots]] ([[Hottentotte]] in [[Dutch]] or [[Afrikaans]]).	+	#REDIRECT[[Khoikhoi]]
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−	This name was soon contracted to "[[Hotnot]]" in the spoken language by [[Dutch]]-, and later [[Afrikaans]]-speaking people in the Cape. In the 19th and 20th centuries, as the numbers of "pure" "Hottentots" dwindled, the term was expanded to refer to all people of mixed race heritage and gradually was also used denigratingly (particularly in the contracted form) to imply inferiority and lack of
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−	~~The term Hottentot was used by a number of earlier writers to refer to an uncivilized, even~~
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−	By the 1980’s the term was seen as highly derogatory and replaced by the more "correct" [[Khoi]] or '''/Xhoi''' (the / indicating a click sound). However by 2000 this had been challenged in its turn, with the etymology of "Hottentot" being reappraised by descendants of the origial descendents of the [[Khoikhoi]].. *? '''CHECK!'''
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−	~~'''See also [[Coloured]] and [[Griqua]].'''~~
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−	Though the term is of course found in numerous books, novels, poems and plays from the 18th to the 20th century, a number of them classic works, it is today seen as politically incorrect and features among the many proscribed [[racial terms]] formerly found in South Africa.
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−	~~== Sources ==~~
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−	~~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khoikhoi~~

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−	[[Hottentot]] was the name given to hunter-gatherer people of [[~~Khoi\|~~Khoikhoi]] descent by the [[Dutch]] settlers in the mid 17th century, in immitation of the sounds they heard in the [[Khoekhoe]] languages, spoken by the [[Khoi]].	+	[[Hottentot]] was the name given to a member of the hunter-gatherer people of '''[[Khoikhoi]]''' descent by the [[Dutch]] settlers in the mid 17th century, in immitation of the sounds they heard in the [[Khoekhoe]] languages, spoken by the [[Khoikhoi]]. The name [[Khoikhoi]] was later contracted to the more familiar, [[Khoi]], used today - also in the combination [[Khoi-San]] with reference to the all original inhabitants of Southern Africa - the [[San]]. (The latter group was at one time denigratingly referred to as [[Bushmen]] (or [[Bosjesmannen]] in [[Dutch]] and [[Boesmans]] in [[Afrikaans]]) and the [[Khoikhoi]] again as [[Hottentots]] ([[Hottentotte]] in [[Dutch]] or [[Afrikaans]]).

	This name was soon contracted to "[[Hotnot]]" in the spoken language by [[Dutch]]-, and later [[Afrikaans]]-speaking people in the Cape. In the 19th and 20th centuries, as the numbers of "pure" "Hottentots" dwindled, the term was expanded to refer to all people of mixed race heritage and gradually was also used denigratingly (particularly in the contracted form) to imply inferiority and lack of		This name was soon contracted to "[[Hotnot]]" in the spoken language by [[Dutch]]-, and later [[Afrikaans]]-speaking people in the Cape. In the 19th and 20th centuries, as the numbers of "pure" "Hottentots" dwindled, the term was expanded to refer to all people of mixed race heritage and gradually was also used denigratingly (particularly in the contracted form) to imply inferiority and lack of

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−	[[Hottentot]] was the name given to hunter-gatherer people of [[Khoi\|Khoikhoi]] descent by the [[Dutch]] settlers in the mid 17th century, in immitation of the sounds they heard in the [[Khoekhoe]] languages, spoken by the Khoi.	+	[[Hottentot]] was the name given to hunter-gatherer people of [[Khoi\|Khoikhoi]] descent by the [[Dutch]] settlers in the mid 17th century, in immitation of the sounds they heard in the [[Khoekhoe]] languages, spoken by the [[Khoi]].

	This name was soon contracted to "[[Hotnot]]" in the spoken language by [[Dutch]]-, and later [[Afrikaans]]-speaking people in the Cape. In the 19th and 20th centuries, as the numbers of "pure" "Hottentots" dwindled, the term was expanded to refer to all people of mixed race heritage and gradually was also used denigratingly (particularly in the contracted form) to imply inferiority and lack of		This name was soon contracted to "[[Hotnot]]" in the spoken language by [[Dutch]]-, and later [[Afrikaans]]-speaking people in the Cape. In the 19th and 20th centuries, as the numbers of "pure" "Hottentots" dwindled, the term was expanded to refer to all people of mixed race heritage and gradually was also used denigratingly (particularly in the contracted form) to imply inferiority and lack of

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	'''See also [[Coloured]] and [[Griqua]].'''		'''See also [[Coloured]] and [[Griqua]].'''

−	Though the term is of course found in numerous books, novels, poems and plays from the 18th to the 20th century, it is today seen as politically incorrect and features among the many proscribed [[racial terms]] formerly found in South Africa.	+	Though the term is of course found in numerous books, novels, poems and plays from the 18th to the 20th century, a number of them classic works, it is today seen as politically incorrect and features among the many proscribed [[racial terms]] formerly found in South Africa.

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	'''See also [[Coloured]] and [[Griqua]].'''		'''See also [[Coloured]] and [[Griqua]].'''

−	~~Today~~ the ~~word~~ is seen as politically incorrect and features among the many proscribed [[racial terms]] formerly found in South Africa.	+	Though the term is of course found in numerous books, novels, poems and plays from the 18th to the 20th century, it is today seen as politically incorrect and features among the many proscribed [[racial terms]] formerly found in South Africa.

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	'''See also [[Coloured]] and [[Griqua]].'''		'''See also [[Coloured]] and [[Griqua]].'''

−	Today the word features among the many proscribed [[racial terms]] formerly found in South Africa.	+	Today the word is seen as politically incorrect and features among the many proscribed [[racial terms]] formerly found in South Africa.

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-Hottentot was the name given to hunter-gatherer people of [[Khoi|Khoikhoi]] descent by the [[Dutch]] settlers in the mid 17th century, in immitation of the sounds they heard in the [[Khoekhoe]] languages, spoken by the Khoi.
+[[Hottentot]] was the name given to hunter-gatherer people of [[Khoi|Khoikhoi]] descent by the [[Dutch]] settlers in the mid 17th century, in immitation of the sounds they heard in the [[Khoekhoe]] languages, spoken by the Khoi.
-This name was soon contracted to "Hotnot" in the spoken language by [[Dutch]]-, and later   [[Afrikaans]]-speaking people in the Cape. In the 19th and 20th centuries, as the numbers of "pure"  "Hottentots" dwindled, the term was expanded to refer to all people of mixed race heritage and gradually was also used denigratingly (particularly in the contracted form) to imply inferiority and lack of
+This name was soon contracted to "[[Hotnot]]" in the spoken language by [[Dutch]]-, and later   [[Afrikaans]]-speaking people in the Cape. In the 19th and 20th centuries, as the numbers of "pure"  "Hottentots" dwindled, the term was expanded to refer to all people of mixed race heritage and gradually was also used denigratingly (particularly in the contracted form) to imply inferiority and lack of
 By the 1980’s the term was seen as highly derogatory and replaced by the more "correct" [[Khoi]] or '''/Xhoi''' (the / indicating a click sound). However by 2000 this had been challenged in its turn, with the etymology of "Hottentot" being reappraised by descendants of the origial descendents of the [[Khoikhoi]].. *? '''CHECK!'''
-(See also [[Coloured]] and [[Griqua]].)
+'''See also [[Coloured]] and [[Griqua]].'''