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Khoi·san | \ ˈkȯi-ˌsän 
, -ˈsän \
, -ˈsän \Definition of Khoisan
1 : a group of African peoples speaking Khoisan languages
2 : a group of languages of southern and eastern Africa that have clicks in their consonantal inventories and that include the languages of the Khoikhoi and San
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The first known use of Khoisan was in 1930
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