Hottentots

Hottentots is a term that is somewhat indiscriminately applied to the first known inhabitants of Cape Colony, who, however, comprised two main tribes, the Khoikhoi and the Bushmen, in many respects dissimilar, but speaking languages characterised alike by harsh and clicking sounds, a circumstance which induced the early Dutch settlers to call them Hottentots, which means practically "jabberers". The great majority of them were semi-civilised by the beginning of 20th century, and servile imitators of their conquerors.

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