Demonstration of NAMA - a native language of Namibia

Lockrentia Ikhabes & Josephine Bools describe their country (Namibia) in their native language (Nama) to Malcolm Wilson, friend, naturalist and guide, during our 2 week trip to Namibia in May 2014. Eddie Auseb at Spitzkoppe gives a demonstration.

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  • @audreymabanzabiyaoula2421
    @audreymabanzabiyaoula24218 жыл бұрын

    Yes beautiful I love my AFRICA.. our culture ..i'm proud!!

  • @user-pb3ub9tc7x
    @user-pb3ub9tc7x2 жыл бұрын

    Кто после Птушкина?)

  • @GoodComedian2011

    @GoodComedian2011

    2 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @user-xx1zc8jm2j

    @user-xx1zc8jm2j

    2 жыл бұрын

    Я

  • @clumsiii
    @clumsiii4 жыл бұрын

    This video would be more informative if there were text on screen.. I know it would be difficult, but way more educational!

  • @zabaanshenaas
    @zabaanshenaas5 жыл бұрын

    I would like to learn Nama and Herero.

  • @mutshima
    @mutshima9 жыл бұрын

    very interesting! I like it

  • @barwengmedia9624
    @barwengmedia96244 жыл бұрын

    the languauge of the first Nation...the Khoe and san,we all visitors in their land,,,thats why she says everybody is welcome...

  • @opheliemarillot7859
    @opheliemarillot78593 жыл бұрын

    Gorgeous language. Would love a translation of the conversation!

  • @msgene1515

    @msgene1515

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nothing too deep, the lady in the orange shirt said “We Namibians really wish to teach the foreigners our language , because they love the language so much so that they want to learn and we would like to teach them” that’s all she said. The other lady then said exactly what they later translated in English.

  • @danielherreraarevalo5905
    @danielherreraarevalo59053 жыл бұрын

    Muy interesante y bonito idioma

  • @mUnchaMaddNesS
    @mUnchaMaddNesS5 жыл бұрын

    Imagine if colonials were more accepting of such techniques. Instead of pushing languages to extinction, saw how effective bi-audile means can be... Maybe we would have a much more efficient universal language today.

  • @andrewdoyle3199
    @andrewdoyle31992 жыл бұрын

    Would be curious to know if they have any tongue twisters😄

  • @buhlEncryption
    @buhlEncryption8 жыл бұрын

    sounds like xhosa i love it

  • @ninapaulino1841

    @ninapaulino1841

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Buhle Gladwill Morena the way the xhosas are so astonished when they hear us speak though. one would swear they hadn't heard clicks before. (=

  • @RuthMajozi

    @RuthMajozi

    7 жыл бұрын

    true.. I though the same.

  • @likethemagician

    @likethemagician

    7 жыл бұрын

    Indeed. Xhosa and other Nguni languages borrowed click sounds from the Khoekhoe (Nama) and |xam (an extinct Tuu language of the San people) speakers who lived along the Cape. Many words in Xhosa with clicks are direct loan words from Khoe and Tuu languages no longer spoken in southern ZA.

  • @greater83

    @greater83

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yah... At another level though

  • @LiquidNation100

    @LiquidNation100

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ninapaulino1841 Hearing the click outside the use of Nguni words is the reason for the astonishment. Our brains are trying to make sense of what is being said due to similarities, but we can't. It's somewhat overwhelming. 😄

  • @aphiwemagaya3279
    @aphiwemagaya32793 жыл бұрын

    😭 Africa is very beautiful guys,very interesting culture,I would never trade away what we have for anything in this world

  • @kutosheyesca3867

    @kutosheyesca3867

    2 жыл бұрын

    True preserve your beautiful culture..

  • @hardmist2941
    @hardmist29413 жыл бұрын

    THE NAMA LANGUAGE MAY SOMEDAY SAVE US IN TIMES OF WAR, JUST LIKE THE HOPI AND NAVAJO.

  • @wayneebrecht1712

    @wayneebrecht1712

    2 ай бұрын

    I thought the same thing ,who will translate it, but it's not as complicated as Navajo

  • @kuaizerodexiaomidi23
    @kuaizerodexiaomidi235 жыл бұрын

    Now drop the beat

  • @jangafet4896
    @jangafet4896 Жыл бұрын

    Оригинальный язык.

  • @janesarah6711
    @janesarah67117 жыл бұрын

    Very hard to differentiate those sounds

  • @philomelodia
    @philomelodia6 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating! I wonder how one whispers in such a language. I imagine those clicks carry quite a distance in some places. Just how many click consonants does this language have? I noticed one sort of click that varied in tone but was produced by the bottom of the tongue curled up to hit the roof of the mouth when clicked and a similar, sharper/higher one nearer the front of the mouth but with a very similar timbre. I can't tell if it's the same consonant or two very similar ones. I bet linguists go nuts over these languages.

  • @diannafumbuka8477

    @diannafumbuka8477

    6 жыл бұрын

    My home is south afrika I'm namas father is a dead in tz is a my cantry

  • @brooklyndoeses7633

    @brooklyndoeses7633

    6 жыл бұрын

    We have 4 cliques.. and we do whisper😂😂

  • @DrPonner

    @DrPonner

    5 жыл бұрын

    It has like 20 different clicks: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khoekhoe_language#Clicks

  • @jorghenelpensador2450

    @jorghenelpensador2450

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@DrPonner nah bro, we only got four. .

  • @jorghenelpensador2450

    @jorghenelpensador2450

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@DrPonner that page is nonsense ..

  • @dannomannowings4691
    @dannomannowings46916 жыл бұрын

    Ti Nama na maahn

  • @shaneramaremisa5600
    @shaneramaremisa56006 жыл бұрын

    For some reason I don't know why I see Namibia as if it's part of our South African country🤔🤔

  • @dannomannowings4691

    @dannomannowings4691

    6 жыл бұрын

    Shane Ramaremisa Because we are similar in some ways

  • @darynntenochtitlan1698

    @darynntenochtitlan1698

    4 жыл бұрын

    Both countries have been the same country in the past

  • @ferdieortman6614
    @ferdieortman6614 Жыл бұрын

    Gaste she mix khoekhoegowab with Afrikaans nama literally means the people who speak foreign language in my native tongue which is khoekhoegowab

  • @wayneebrecht1712

    @wayneebrecht1712

    2 ай бұрын

    I always wondered why Nama/mana meant people who speak a foreign language and if that is really the origin of the name of the nama people, because why would they call themselves that

  • @user-xx1zc8jm2j
    @user-xx1zc8jm2j2 жыл бұрын

    Его наверное нереально выучить