2006-06-12 23:27:10 · 20 answers · asked by daldermandesign 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
There is definitely *not* any such language, nor could there possibly be. Clicks are consonants. Words are made up of syllables which are made up of consonants *and* vowels. You couldn't possibly have a language with no vowels, nor could a click be a vowel.
2006-06-13 01:21:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 15⤊ 3⤋
Morse code, though that isn't really a language as such.
Some of the African native languages have a large number of words including awkward glottal clicks and I gather there are tribes in the Himalayas which use clicking and whistling to communicate over long distances.
Check out the Wikipedia link (below) for a more comprehensive list and details of languages using the 'click'.
2006-06-12 23:34:09 · answer #2 · answered by SilverSongster 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
african click languages - such as xhosa - include regular consonants and vowels as well as clicks - so the straight answer to your question is 'no'.
the probable reason why there are no pure click languages is that a click can only be a consonant. a language which was all consonant would be hard to speak and nearly impossible to shout or whisper.
silbo gomero on the canary island of gomera is a language made entirely by whistling though.
a language made entirely of whistle sounds of course is one made only of vowels.
2006-06-12 23:36:46 · answer #3 · answered by synopsis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alli is right. There are some languages that include consonant sounds known as "clicks". But they are not the only sounds in the langauge (they also have vowels, for example). To hear some examples of these sounds, you can see this website:
http://phonetics.ucla.edu/course/chapter1/chapter1.html
Just click on any of the symbols in the "clicks" column and you will be able to hear them.
2006-06-13 06:53:31 · answer #4 · answered by drshorty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a click language which uses consenants to form phonetic functions. There are approximately 30 click languages left which originate in southern and eastern tribes in Africa.
2006-06-12 23:33:16 · answer #5 · answered by goodbye 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are 2 that l know of...
They consist of a lot of clicks but contain regular sounds as well- Xhosa and Khoisan both spoken in South -East Africa by the Xhosa and San (Bushmen).
2006-06-12 23:34:21 · answer #6 · answered by Emma Woodhouse 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not on this planet, but elsewhere yes. I could'nt tell you the name of their language, but the aliens in the movie "signs" definitely speak a click language...
2006-06-12 23:52:49 · answer #7 · answered by phenotype 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a language I heard in South Africa that incorporated a lot of clicks. I don't know ...maybe it was Metebele.
2006-06-12 23:31:15 · answer #8 · answered by gcbtrading 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not just in clicks, but a family of African languages has several click sounds as consonants. And other African languages I think have just one click sound.
2006-06-12 23:30:48 · answer #9 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a language in Africa (sorry, terribly ignorant) that uses clicks. It's wonderful to hear and nearly impossible to reproduce!
2006-06-12 23:53:22 · answer #10 · answered by Roxy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Morse code , signs with Mel Gibson ... and one language we may soon be able to translate with today's cutting edge technology , but never speak is that of dolphins
2006-06-13 03:40:31 · answer #11 · answered by insenergy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋