Juǀʼhoan
/ʒuǀʔʰoã/noun
Juǀʼhoan is a Kx’a language spoken mainly in northeastern Namibia and western Botswana.
Did you know?Juǀʼhoan contains click consonants, conventionally written with symbols such as ǀ, that represent distinct speech sounds rather than punctuation or magical marks.
Etymological Timeline
20th Century
Juǀʼhoan
Juǀʼhoan
“The name of the Juǀʼhoan language; the precise internal segmentation and literal translation are not securely established in general reference sources.”
20th Century
English
Juǀʼhoan
“An English-language designation for the language spoken by the Juǀʼhoansi people.”
Modern English
English
Juǀʼhoan
“A linguistic and ethnographic proper noun referring to the language and, by extension in some contexts, its speech community.”
Modern English
English
click
“A term used in phonetics for consonants produced with a suction mechanism in the mouth, including sounds found prominently in Juǀʼhoan.”