Taa language

Spoken in

  • Tuu languages Taa languages! XOo

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Khi

Nmn

Taa, or! XOo [k xo! ː ˥ ], is a Khoisan language. It belongs to the Tuu language family. The her next closest surviving language is N | u! XOo is spoken by around 3,000 to 4,000 people in Botswana and around 200 in Namibia.

Like all Khoisan languages ​​characterized too! XOo through a large volume of inventory. A total of 159 phonemes are distinguished, of which 83 Schnalz or clicking sounds are. The five basic clicks ( bilabial, dental, alveolar, palatal, lateral) can be modified in each case about 17 different ways.

The Linguist Anthony Traill has created a dictionary of the language.

Dialects

  • Auni (also | Auni, | Auo )
  • Kakia (also Masarwa )
  • Ki | hazi
  • Ng | u ǁ en (also nu ǁ s, | U ǁ en Ng | u | ei, | Nu ǁ en, ǁ ǁ U s)
  • Nusan (also Ng | usan, Nu - san, Noosan )
  • Xatia (including Katia, Kattea, Khatia, Vaalpens, | Kusi, | Eikusi )
  • ! Kwi

Extinct

  • N | gamani
  • | Nu ǁ en
  • | Auni
  • Ki | hazi
Bilabial consonant Dental consonant Alveolar consonant Palatal consonant
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