Lugha za Khoisan ni lugha za Afrika ambazo ni maalumu kwa fonimu zake nyingi sana (hadi 141), kuliko lugha nyingine zote duniani. Zimeenea hasa Kusini mwa Afrika, lakini zinatumika pia katika wilaya ya Chemba, mkoa wa Dodoma, Tanzania ya kati. Hii inaonyesha kwamba kabla ya uenezi wa makabila ya Kibantu, lugha hizo zilitawala barani Afrika kusini kwa ikweta. Baadhi ya lugha hizo zimeshakufa na nyingine ziko hatarini. Karibu zote hazina maandishi. Ile inayotumiwa na watu wengi zaidi (250,000 hivi) inaitwa Khoekhoe ("Nàmá") na inapatikana nchini Namibia. Inafuatwa na Kisandawe nchini Tanzania (40,000-80,000). Barnard, A. (1988) 'Kinship, language and production: a conjectural history of Khoisan social structure', Africa: Journal of the International African Institute 58 (1), 29–50. Barnard, A. 1988. "Kinship, Language and Production: a Conjectural History of Khoisan Social Structure." In Africa: Journal of the International African Institute 58.1, 29-50. Ehret, Christopher. 1986. "Proposals on Khoisan Reconstruction." In African Hunter-Gatherers (International Symposium), edited by Franz Rottland & Rainer Vossen, 105-130.