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ǂHoan

ǂHoan proper noun: a Khoisan language of Botswana, also called ǂHõã.

Proper noun

ǂHoan

  1. A Khoisan language of Botswana, also called ǂHõã.
    • Some languages are able to morphologically express plurality of events. For instance, in ǂHoan (a moribund Khoisan language spoken in southeastern Botswana), kí- is attached to a verb to express plurality related to events (Collins 2001).2007, Kimiko Nakanishi, Formal Properties of Measurement Constructions, page 251
    • Map 14 shows that the minority type of SVO&GenN languages are primarily found in two areas, among Gur, Kru, and Kwa languages in west Africa and among various Khoisan groups in southern Africa (Ju, ǂHoan, ǃUi and Taa).2011, Matthew S. Dryer, Noun-Modifier Order in Africa, in Geographical Typology and Linguistic Areas (Osamu Hieda, Christa König, Hiroshi Nakagawa), page 304

Forms of ǂHoan

alternative formǂHõã

Questions about ǂHoan

What does ǂHoan mean?
ǂHoan means a Khoisan language of Botswana, also called ǂHõã.
What part of speech is ǂHoan?
ǂHoan is a proper noun.

Words near ǂHoan in the dictionary

  1. ſ's
  2. ƛaʔuukʷiʔatḥ
  3. ƹayn
  4. ǀXam
  5. ǁXegwi
  6. ǂHoan
  7. ǂHõã
  8. ǂKxʼauǁʼein
  9. ǂKá̦gára
  10. ǂKá̹gára
  11. ǃ'OǃKung

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