Ju|'hoan

Language name and location: Ju|'hoan, Namibia, Botswana [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 朱洪语 (朱胡亚斯 Ju|'hoansi), 纳米比亚, 博茨瓦纳

1. nǀèǃé

2. tsàqn

3. nǃànì

4. tsàqn ko tsàqn ( 2+2 )

5. tsàqn ko nǃànì ( 2+3 )

6. nǃànì ko nǃànì ( 3+3 )

7. tsàqn ko tsàqn ko nǃànì ( 2+2+3 )

8. tsàqn ko tsàqn ko tsàqn ko tsàqn ( 2+2+2+2 ) or ax (< English )

9. nǃànì ko nǃànì ko nǃànì ( 3+3+3 ) or nixa (< English )

10. tini (< English )

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Amanda L. Miller, Department of Linguistics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, December 31, 2008. February 16, 2010.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Amanda L. Miller, 2008 年 12 月 31 日. 2010 年 2 月 16 日.

Other comments: Juǀ’hoansi or Ju|'hoan, !Xun, Kung, Kung-Tsumkwe is spoken by approximately 45,500 speakers in Kavango East and Kavango West regions; Omaheke region: north border; Otjozondjupa region: east central, Namibia as well as Botswana.
There are only three numerals in Ju|'hoan. They can count up to nine by adding these three numbers. Ten seems a loanword from English. There are special 'click sounds 'ː [ǀ] is a lateral alveolar click; [ǃ] a (post) alveolar central click.

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