Kxʼa family
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The Kxʼa family is a small language family of southern Africa that includes several Khoisan languages characterized by their use of click consonants.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Khoisan language family
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| approximateNumberOfLanguages | a few ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country |
Botswana
ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ South Africa ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | Kalahari region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Ju–Hoan family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ju–ǂHoan family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
endangered languages
ⓘ
small number of speakers ⓘ tonal languages ⓘ use of click consonants ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Ju language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Juǀʼhoan language NERFINISHED ⓘ Nǀuu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Nǁng language NERFINISHED ⓘ ǂHoan language ⓘ ǂKxʼao language ⓘ ǂ’Amkoe language ⓘ ǃKung language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | largely analytic morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
click consonants with multiple accompaniments
ⓘ
contrastive tone ⓘ large consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | basic SVO word order in many varieties ⓘ |
| languageBranchOf | Khoisan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageEndangermentIssue | language shift to dominant regional languages ⓘ |
| linguisticFeature |
ATR vowel harmony in some languages
ⓘ
complex click inventory ⓘ noun class–like gender distinctions in some languages ⓘ rich consonant system ⓘ |
| previouslyClassifiedWith | Northern Khoisan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAsDistinctFamily | 21st century ⓘ |
| region | southern Africa ⓘ |
| researchField |
African linguistics
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ phonology ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Khoisan peoples
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
San peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | endangered ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Khoisan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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