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gptkbp:instanceOf
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language family
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gptkbp:alternativeName
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gptkb:Click_languages
gptkb:Khoesaan_languages
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gptkbp:characterizedBy
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click consonants
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gptkbp:class
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controversial
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gptkbp:conservationEfforts
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limited
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gptkbp:culturalOrganizations
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gptkb:Khoikhoi_people
Bantu peoples
Kx'a speakers
Tuu speakers
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gptkbp:endangeredStatus
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severely endangered
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gptkbp:example
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gptkb:!Kung
gptkb:Hadza
gptkb:Naro
gptkb:Sandawe
gptkb:ǃXóõ
Nama
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gptkbp:firstDescribed
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European linguists in 19th century
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gptkbp:historicalContact
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gptkb:Bantu_languages
gptkb:European_colonizers
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Khoisan languages
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gptkbp:ISO639-3
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khi
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gptkbp:languageShift
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to Afrikaans
to Bantu languages
to English
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gptkbp:linguisticFeature
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complex tone systems
large number of phonemes
use of clicks as regular phonemes
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gptkbp:linguisticResearch
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ongoing
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gptkbp:majorGroups
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gptkb:Kx'a
gptkb:Tuu
Khoe
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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most click languages in the world
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gptkbp:notGeneticallyRelated
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gptkb:Indo-European_languages
gptkb:Afroasiatic_languages
gptkb:Bantu_languages
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gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers
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few thousand
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:Angola
gptkb:Botswana
gptkb:Namibia
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:Tanzania
gptkb:Zimbabwe
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gptkbp:spokenIn
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gptkb:Southern_Africa
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gptkbp:status
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many languages extinct
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gptkbp:UNESCOStatus
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critically endangered
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gptkbp:writingSystem
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Latin alphabet (for some languages)
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Afrikaans
gptkb:San
gptkb:Afrikaans_language
gptkb:אפריקאנס
gptkb:Dravidian_languages
gptkb:Khoisan
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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