Nama people

Nama
Namaqua
	A Nama man of Namibia.
Total population
	230,000
Regions with significant populations
	Namibia; Botswana; South Africa
Namibia	112,156 (2023 census)
Languages
	Nama, Namibian Black German (rare)
Religion
	Christianity, African Traditional Religion, Islam
Related ethnic groups
	Khoekhoe

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Nama (in older sources also called Namaqua) are an African ethnic group of South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. They traditionally speak the Nama language of the Khoe-Kwadi language family, although many Nama also speak Afrikaans. The Nama People (or Nama-Khoe people) are the largest group of the Khoekhoe people, many of whom have disappeared as a group. Many of the Nama clans live in Central Namibia and the other smaller groups live in Namaqualand, which today straddles the Namibian border with South Africa.^[2]

^ "Namibia 2023 Population and Housing Census Main Report" (PDF). Namibia Statistics Agency. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
^ "La hutte du peuple Nama". 15 February 2017.

[Census2023-1] "Namibia 2023 Population and Housing Census Main Report" (PDF). Namibia Statistics Agency. Retrieved 30 October 2024.

[2] "La hutte du peuple Nama". 15 February 2017.

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