Indigenous Common Names and Toponyms in Southern Africa

The primary process of toponymic formation by the earliest indigenous inhabitants of the African sub-continent, the Bushmen and Khoikhoi, was evolutionary. Due to their primary onomastic function, descriptions or common names that identified and referred to geographical features gradually lost thei...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peter E. Raper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2017-10-01
Series:Names
Online Access:http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/2130