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Re: 3 Phonetics-Related Q's

From:Isaac A. Penzev <isaacp@...>
Date:Sunday, August 15, 2004, 17:57
I. K. Peylough scripsit:


> >AFAIK, nobody knows where clicks came from in languages that have them. > >No language with clicks is known to descend from a language without. > > What about Xhosa? Isn't that a Bantu language?
AFAIK, Xhosa, Zulu and other Southern Bantu languages borrowed clicks from their Koisan (Bushmen) neighbors. -- Yitzik

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Ray Brown <ray.brown@...>