These clicking sounds are pften heard in Miriam Makeba's music ; e.g Baxabene Oxamu, The Click Song, etc. These clicking sounds are colourful, melodic and beautiful to my ears. Maybe it is because I love un-usual forms of music.I am interested in finding out what others think of these clicking sounds, [ part of a language] .Also, it is almost impossible for non- Africans to make these clicking sounds.
2007-06-26 07:54:48 · 9 answers · asked by skeetejacquelinelightersnumber7 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
the language is Xhosa. The [xh] sound is a deep, back-of-throat click. They have several click sounds, depending on the word.
I think that the bushmen tribes (San, or Khoi-san, or Khoi-Khoi) also had implosive sounds.
Of course it's not impossible for non-africans to make these sounds! How do you think that people in South Africa who are non-tribal learn to speak Xhosa?
It's just a sound within a language. English uses explosive sounds (p, t,), and this language uses implosive sounds.
2007-06-26 11:28:42 · answer #1 · answered by barry-the-aardvark 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Tongue Clicking Language
2016-11-15 07:09:06 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zulu
2016-06-21 11:36:18 · answer #3 · answered by nilesjo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try and put this into the language section, you'll get more answers.
2007-06-26 08:00:14 · answer #4 · answered by Bunny 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Should this not have been put in the language section?
2007-06-26 09:18:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I know Dorothy likes to click here heels but she's not African, I don't think so, well maybe South African
2007-06-26 08:03:14 · answer #6 · answered by TRACER ™ 6 · 0⤊ 5⤋
xhosa tribe. pronounced (click)closa
2007-06-26 08:07:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
african bushmen
2007-06-26 08:54:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Gypsies in South africa
2007-06-26 07:59:52 · answer #9 · answered by ebrahim m 2 · 0⤊ 7⤋