!Xoon
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!Xoon is an alternate name for ǃXóõ, a Tuu (Khoisan) language spoken by a small community in Botswana and Namibia, known for having one of the largest phoneme inventories in the world.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| !Xóõ | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Khoisan language
ⓘ
Tuu language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternateName | ǃXóõ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateSpeakers | a few thousand ⓘ |
| classification | Tuu > Taa > ǃXóõ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country |
Botswana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ |
| endangermentFactors | language shift to dominant regional languages ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Taa people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ǃXóõ people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | nucl1761 ⓘ |
| hasClickConsonants |
alveolar clicks
ⓘ
dental clicks ⓘ labial clicks ⓘ lateral clicks ⓘ palatal clicks ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
complex vowel system
ⓘ
extensive click consonant system ⓘ large phoneme inventory ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ tonal language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalProperty |
complex phonation contrasts
ⓘ
one of the largest consonant inventories in the world ⓘ one of the largest vowel inventories in the world ⓘ |
| hasStandardForm | no widely established standardized orthography ⓘ |
| hasTone |
falling tone
ⓘ
high tone ⓘ low tone ⓘ rising tone ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| iso639-3Code | nmn ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Khoe–Kwadi and related Khoisan groupings (traditional classification context) ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Tuu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | small community ⓘ |
| region | southern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | hunter-gatherer communities ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Botswana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Namibia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Taa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | oral communication ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
ǃXóõ
this entity surface form:
!Xóõ