San

For the river in Poland, to see San (river).

San or Boschimen a verzamelnaam for several populations in Southern Africa is, , , and . They belong to Khoisan-groep and are related to .

They speak to each other related Khoisan languages or click languages. Bushmen and Basarwa are other names for the San. They have for themselves however no collective name. They know that are used for hunting.

The term San had been seen historically given by, their ethnic neighbours and historical rivals, the Khoikhoi. Because the term means ' buitenstaander ', a lot of prefer of this group the title ' bushman ', in spite of that the term is politically incorrectly considered westerlingen.

In modern the San have mainly gone up in the so-called kleurlingen - or cape kleurlingenpopulatie of Western cape.

 

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