Meanings
- A Khoisan language, known for its large phonemic inventory including complex click consonants.
[…] and the ǃXóõ language spoken in Botswana and Namibia […]
2011, Intercultural Communication: A New Approach to International Relations and Global Challenges (Houman A. Sadri, Madelyn Flammia), page 1295 more examples
The ǃXóõ language is spoken by widely scattered groups of San living in southwestern Botswana and a small area of eastern Namibia.
1985, Anthony Traill, Phonetic and Phonological Studies of ǃXÓÕ Bushman, page 1[…] which studied category formation of ǃXóõ clicks by speakers of a language that has no clicks (American English) and two other unrelated African languages that have clicks, but fewer of them […]
2008, Keith Elwin Johnson, Second Language Acquisition of the Spanish Multiple Vibrant Consonant, page 49However, the phonotactic patterning of 'uvular' clicks in ǃXóõ does not comply with the predicted patterns given in this analysis.
2010, “Amana L. Miller, Tongue body and tongue root shape differences in Nǀuu clicks correlate with phonotactic patterns”, in Turbulent Sounds: An Interdisciplinary Guide, page 258Speakers of ǃXóõ (also known as Taa), gathered together for a storytelling competition at Pos 17, Namibia […]
2011, Nicholas Evans, Dying Words: Endangered Languages and What They Have to Tell Us, page 53The most phonologically diverse language may be ǃXóõ, spoken by about 4,000 people in Botswana and Namibia, which has somewhere between 84 and 159 consonants.
2011, Michael C. Corballis, The Recursive Mind: The Origins of Human Language, Thought, and Civilization, page 76Synonyms: Taa
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA Khoisan language, known for its large phonemic inventory including complex click consonants.
Origin
- nmnǃxóõ
- nmnǃxóõ
- EnglishǃXóõ
Borrowed from ǃXóõ ǃxóõ.
More words from nmn
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 宏语
- 宏语language
Czech k'chong
- k'chonglanguage
Esperanto taa
- taalanguage
Finnish ǃxóõ
- ǃxóõlanguage
French ǃxóõ, taa
- ǃxóõlanguage
- taalanguage
German ǃXóõ
- ǃXóõlanguage
Hebrew קהונג
- קהונגlanguage
Japanese コン語, ター語
- コン語 (kongo)language
- ター語 (tāgo)language
Korean 꽁옹어
- 꽁옹어 (kkong'ong'eo)language
Russian къхонг
- къхонг (kʺxong)language
Spanish ǃxóõ
- ǃxóõlanguage
Swahili kiǃxóõ
- kiǃxóõlanguage
Tamil இட்டா
- இட்டா (iṭṭā)language
Ukrainian к'хонг
- к'хонг (kʺxonh)language
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ǃXóõ
All rhymes →Cite this entry
ǃXóõ. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C7%83X%C3%B3%C3%B5
“ǃXóõ.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C7%83X%C3%B3%C3%B5. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ǃXóõ,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C7%83X%C3%B3%C3%B5.
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