S09: Languages
 
 

9. Classification of languages - A) The Khoisan family

 

 

  • An ancient family of a few scores of languages currently still spoken in the Kalahari and Namib Desert areas of southern Africa, as well as in some isolated areas in Tanzania.

  • Characteristic ‘click’-sounds.

  • In earlier days native to a larger area than they are at present.

  • Nama (150,000 in Namibia) and Sandawe (70,000 in Tanzania) most numerous.


    Source: Wikipedia / Author: Mark Dingemanse / Creative_Commons Licenses


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