2017-07-27T21:16:18+03:00[Europe/Moscow] en true ǀXam language, Sandawe language, Taa language, !Kung language, ǂ’Amkoe language, Khoekhoe language, Gǁana language, ǂAakhoe dialect, Khoisan languages, Hadza language, ǃGãǃne language, Kwadi language flashcards
Khoisan languages

Khoisan languages

  • ǀXam language
    ǀXam (/Kham) (IPA: [|͡xam], English pronunciation /ˈkɑːm/), or ǀXam Kaǃkʼe, is an extinct Khoisan language of South Africa, part of the ǃUi branch of the Tuu languages.
  • Sandawe language
    Sandawe is a click language spoken by about 60,000 Sandawe people in the Dodoma region of Tanzania.
  • Taa language
    Taa /ˈtɑː/, also known as !Xóõ (ǃKhong, ǃXoon – pronounced /ǃ͡χɔ̃ː˦/, English /ˈkoʊ/), is a Khoisan language notable for its large number of phonemes, perhaps the largest in the world.
  • !Kung language
    !Kung /ˈkʊŋ/ (!Xuun), also known as Ju, is a dialect continuum (language complex) spoken in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola by the ǃKung people.
  • ǂ’Amkoe language
    ǂ’Amkoe, formerly called by the dialectal name ǂHoan (ǂHȍã, ǂHûân, ǂHua, ǂHû, or in native orthography ǂHȍȁn), is a severely endangered Kx'a language of Botswana.
  • Khoekhoe language
    The Khoekhoe language /ˈkɔɪkɔɪ/, Khoekhoegowab, also known by the ethnic term Nama /ˈnɑːmə/ and formerly as Hottentot, is the most widespread of those non-Bantu languages of southern Africa that contain "click" sounds and have therefore been loosely classified as Khoisan.
  • Gǁana language
    Gǁana (pronounced /ˈɡɑːnə/ in English, and also spelled ǁGana, Gxana, Dxana, Xgana) is a Khoe dialect cluster of Botswana.
  • ǂAakhoe dialect
    (Not to be confused with ǂ'Amkoe language.) ǂAakhoe (ǂĀkhoe) and Haiǁom are part of the Khoekhoe dialect continuum.
  • Khoisan languages
    The Khoisan languages (/ˈkɔɪsɑːn/; also Khoesan or Khoesaan) are the languages of Africa that have click consonants but do not belong to other language families.
  • Hadza language
    Hadza is a language isolate spoken along the shores of Lake Eyasi in Tanzania by fewer than a thousand Hadza people, the last full-time hunter-gatherers in Africa.
  • ǃGãǃne language
    ǃGãǃne (!Gã!nge) is an extinct language of the ǃKwi family, once spoken near Tsolo and in Umtata District in South Africa, south of Lesotho.
  • Kwadi language
    Kwadi /ˈkwɑːdi/ was a "click language" of uncertain classification once spoken in the southwest corner of Angola.