The ǃKung (/ ˈkʊŋ / [1][a] KUUNG) are one of the San peoples who live mostly on the western edge of the Kalahari desert, Ovamboland (northern Namibia and southern Angola), and Botswana. [2] . The …

There are three ethno-linguistic groups called !Kung: Central !Kung of Botswana and Namibia, the Northern !Kung of Angola and the Au//eisi, or Southern !Kung. Most references refer to the Central …

Nomadic women of the !Kung, a group of the San people of southern Africa, use no contraceptives but have a mean interval between births of 44 months and an average of four or five deliveries in a fertile …

The meaning of KUNG is a member of a people of southern Africa —usually preceded in writing by !.

Discover the !Kung People, a nomadic hunter-gatherer tribe living in the Kalahari desert. Although many of the tribe's bands have settled in permanent villages in recent years, there is still a small band who …

Today the !Kung live mainly in Namibia and Botswana, incorporated into global economic networks. In Namibia, the !Kung participated as soldiers in the Namibian war for independence, drastically …

The exclamation point in !Kung symbolizes a similar click, but with the front part of the blade of the tongue against the palate close to the alveolar ridge. It is thus called a postalveolar click.

Dec 1, 2025 · The exclamation point in !Kung is pronounced as a click and is characteristic of Khoisan languages.

The Kung people, also known as the ǃXun or Ju, are an indigenous group of the San peoples, residing primarily on the western edge of the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa. Their traditional territories …

Because they have no soft foods on which to wean infants, !Kung mothers nurse their babies for a least three years, until the child is able to digest the tough foods of the !Kung diet.