ǀXam
English
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
ǀXam
- An extinct Khoisan language once spoken in South Africa.
References
- ^ 1992, Alan Barnard, Hunters and Herders of Southern Africa, page xxii: Finally, it may be of interest to the non-specialist that the pronunciation of clicks in ethnic group names is entirely optional when speaking a non-Khoisan language. Acceptable anglicizations may be produced either by articulating a non-click sound of approximately the same phonological position (e.g. p for ʘ, t for ǀ or ǂ, k for ǁ or ǃ), or by ignoring the click entirely and simply pronouncing the release followed by the remainder of the word. When speaking English, I myself say Kung for 'ǃKung', Gwi for 'Gǀwi', and Gana for 'Gǁana'. […] Ko for 'ǃXõ', Kam for 'ǀXam' […]
Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for ǀXam, xam
ǀXam language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
