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    symbols. The Oorlam or Orlam people (also known as Orlaam, Oorlammers, Oerlams, or Orlamse Hottentots) are a subtribe of the Nama people, largely assimilated...
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  • Oorlams (also: Oorlands, Oorlans) is a dialect of Afrikaans spoken in the Republic of South Africa and Namibia, by the Oorlam people. It is considered...
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    Muharukua, member of Namibia's Parliament Herero people Nama people Oorlam people Ovambo people Zemba people Himba village about 15 km north of Opuwo, Namibia...
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    of village life.[citation needed] At the dawn of the 19th century, Oorlam people encroached into Namaqualand and Damaraland. They likewise descended...
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    Proto-Bantu language for these words. Herero people Himba people Nama people Oorlam people Namibia: People and Society, CIA Factbook, United States; "about...
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  • Oorlam people in Namibia Afrikaner cattle, an indigenous South African breed of cattle historically primarily kept and herded by the Khoikhoi people Afrikaner...
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    immigrating Bantu people began to arrive during the Bantu expansion from central Africa. From the late 18th century onward, Oorlam people from Cape Colony...
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    German Namibians (category Namibian people of German descent)
    southern coast of Namibia from Josef Frederiks II, a chief of the local Oorlam people, and founded the city of Lüderitz. The German government, eager to gain...
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    term Orlam (Oorlam) was sometimes applied to persons who could also be known as Baster. Orlams were the Khoi and Coloured (mixed-race) people who spoke...
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    Khoi people who began to work around the farms, eventually opted different names for themselves, including Bastards, Basters, Korana, Oorlam or Oorlam Afrikaners...
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