Язык с наибольшим количеством звуков в мире — !Xóõ

Special thanks to UCLA Phonetics Lab!
http://phonetics.linguistics.ucla.edu/

Bibliography:

Main studies:
Christfried Naumann. The phoneme inventory of Taa (West !Xoon dialect). Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie Leipzig & Universität Leipzig. 2013
Roland Kießling. Noun classification in !Xoon. Hamburg. 2008
Christfried Naumann. A preliminary classification of Taa dialects. 20th International Conference on Historical Linguistics (ICHLXX). Humboldt University Berlin; Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Leipzig.
Christfried Naumann. High and low tone in Taa (!Xóõ). 2008

Other studies:
Lee J. Pratchett. Anthony Traill (edited by Hirosi Nakagawa and Andy Chebanne), A trilingual !Xóõ dictionary: !Xóõ – English – Setswana. 2018
Catherine T. Best, Anthony Traill, Allyson Carter, K. David Harrison, and Alice Faber. !Xóõ click perception by English, Isizulu, and Sesotho listeners. 2003
Alena Witzlack-Makarevich and Hirosi Nakagawa. Linguistic features and typologies in languages commonly referred to as ‘Khoisan’. 2017
Christfried Naumann. Vowels of Taa (West !Xoon) and their acoustic properties (Presentation). Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin. 2013

Interesting articles/other stuff:
DOBES Documentation of Taa Language.
https://dobes.mpi.nl/projects/taa/
Clicks and Voice Quality in !Xóõ samples. (LMU of Munich)
https://www.phonetik.uni-muenchen.de/...
Xoa ke Taa ǂAan -!Xuun ǀa ǂxanya - A Primer for Writing Taa -West !Xoon version. 2015. Christfried Naumann & Many others. (Illustrations by Stefanus Kuwi Geinǂamseb and Johannes ǁXau Kundeb)
The Economist. We went in search of the world’s hardest language. 2016. https://medium.economist.com/we-went-...
Anthony Traill. A !Xóõ DICTIONARY. Köln. 1994.

Videos:
(ILoveLanguages!) - TAA/ǃXÓÕ PEOPLE, CULTURE, & LANGUAGE
   • TAA/ǃXÓÕ PEOPLE, CULTURE,  & LANGUAGE  

00:00 - Introduction
01:20 - Classification
03:44 - People
05:57 - Vowels
08:45 - Consonants Types
10:44 - Consonants (Clicks)
12:24 - Consonants (Other Properties)
13:44 - Consonant IPA Chart
15:10 - Consonant Clusters
17:23 - Consonants Summary & Thoughts
18:46 - Grammar (Word Order, Gender & Examples)
25:20 - Anthony Traill - The GOAT Researcher
28:10 - Conclusion
28:51 - Shawn reads in !Xóõ

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