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Story: Baboons speak Bushman, and have wives
Title
Baboons speak Bushman, and have wives
Collection
Summary
Baboons are said to speak the Bushman language and to possess wives. Their use of Ss’ó|õä, which informs them of matters otherwise unknown to them. In the Katkop dialect, by Díä!kwãin (L V.-24. 5924-5926, 5923 rev.-5925 rev.). The sticks of ss'o |a tell the baboons things they do not know, such as things about people.
Comments
1) p.5923v: Dia!kwain heard this from his father (Xaa-ttin) and his grandfather, 2) See also Baboons try to shoot people – means of preventing it and Baboons know our names and Baboon's ss'o |a and hair used as charms against illness, 3) This story is found in Book V-24
Contributors
Date
1 February 1876
Categories
Custom and daily life, Plants and animals
Keywords
baboons (speak Bushman, and have wives) , baboons (their nature and habits) , baboons (speak |xam) , baboons (use Ssho |oa) , baboons (and sticks of Ssho |oa) , baboons (Ssho |oa tells them things) , baboons (understand people) , baboons (talk to people) , baboons (sound like people) , baboons (know things) , baboons (have wives) , Ssho |oa (ss'o |a) , Ssho |oa (baboons use) , Ssho |oa (tells baboons things) , Ssho |oa (baboons have sticks of) , Ssho |oa (and the nature and habits of baboons) , speech (of baboons) , speech (baboons speak Bushman, and have wives) , wives (baboons speak Bushman, and have) , plant (Ssho |oa) , plant (Ssho |oa tells baboons things) , language (understood and spoken by baboons) , language (baboons speak Bushman, and have wives)
Story Pages
5924-5926, 5923v-5925v
