How do the clicks in the Khoisan languages work?

May 22 2023

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While the Khoisan languages are not the only ones that employ clicks, they do boast the highest number of distinct click types. Clicks in Khoisan languages appear in various environments, functioning as in-jokes, interjections, or even as phonemic segments representing different meanings based on their position within the word.

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