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Record 1 1996-02-09

English

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  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

A subfamily of African languages comprising Hottentot and the several languages known as Bushman and related to Sandawe and Hatsa with which it forms the Macro-Khoisan family. It is spoken chiefly in southern Africa. The most noticeable feature of the Khoisan languages is a series of click sounds which form a subsystem of the consonant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Famille de langues parlées dans le sud de l'Afrique par les Bochiman et les Hottentots. Le terme khoisan, désignant une famille linguistique, a été formé des mots khoi, "homme" que les Hottentots appliquent à eux-mêmes, et san, pour désigner les Bochiman. Une caractéristique de cette langue est la présence d'une série de clics consonantiques dans leur système phonologique.

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