The language with the most sounds in the world - !Xóõ
Special thanks to UCLA Phonetics Lab! http://phonetics.linguistics.ucla.edu/ Bibliography: Main studies: Christfried Naumann. The phoneme inventory of Taa (West !Xoon dialect). Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie Leipzig & Universität Leipzig. 2013 Roland Kießling. Noun classification in !Xoon. Hamburg. 2008 Christfried Naumann. A preliminary classification of Taa dialects. 20th International Conference on Historical Linguistics (ICHLXX). Humboldt University Berlin; Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Leipzig. Christfried Naumann. High and low tone in Taa (!Xóõ). 2008 Other studies: Lee J. Pratchett. Anthony Traill (edited by Hirosi Nakagawa and Andy Chebanne), A trilingual !Xóõ dictionary: !Xóõ – English – Setswana. 2018 Catherine T. Best, Anthony Traill, Allyson Carter, K. David Harrison, and Alice Faber. !Xóõ click perception by English, Isizulu, and Sesotho listeners. 2003 Alena Witzlack-Makarevich and Hirosi Nakagawa. Linguistic features and typologies in languages commonly referred to as ‘Khoisan’. 2017 Christfried Naumann. Vowels of Taa (West !Xoon) and their acoustic properties (Presentation). Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin. 2013 Interesting articles/other stuff: DOBES Documentation of Taa Language. https://dobes.mpi.nl/projects/taa/ Clicks and Voice Quality in !Xóõ samples. (LMU of Munich) https://www.phonetik.uni-muenchen.de/... Xoa ke Taa ǂAan -!Xuun ǀa ǂxanya - A Primer for Writing Taa -West !Xoon version. 2015. Christfried Naumann & Many others. (Illustrations by Stefanus Kuwi Geinǂamseb and Johannes ǁXau Kundeb) The Economist. We went in search of the world’s hardest language. 2016. https://medium.economist.com/we-went-... Anthony Traill. A !Xóõ DICTIONARY. Köln. 1994. Videos: (ILoveLanguages!) - TAA/ǃXÓÕ PEOPLE, CULTURE, & LANGUAGE • TAA/ǃXÓÕ PEOPLE, CULTURE, & LANGUAGE 00:00 - Introduction 01:20 - Classification 03:44 - People 05:57 - Vowels 08:45 - Consonants Types 10:44 - Consonants (Clicks) 12:24 - Consonants (Other Properties) 13:44 - Consonant IPA Chart 15:10 - Consonant Clusters 17:23 - Consonants Summary & Thoughts 18:46 - Grammar (Word Order, Gender & Examples) 25:20 - Anthony Traill - The GOAT Researcher 28:10 - Conclusion 28:51 - Shawn reads in !Xóõ #!xoo #language #languages #namibia #botswana #click
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