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African Y chromosome and mtDNA divergence provides insight into the history of click languages.

Current biology : CB - 18 Mar 2003

Knight Alec, Underhill Peter A, Mortensen Holly M, Zhivotovsky Lev A, Lin Alice A, Henn Brenna M, Louis Dorothy, Ruhlen Merritt, Mountain Joanna L

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BACKGROUND: About 30 languages of southern Africa, spoken by Khwe and San, are characterized by a repertoire of click consonants and phonetic accompaniments. The Jumid R:'hoansi (!Kung) San carry multiple deeply coalescing gene lineages. The deep genetic diversity of the San parallels the diversity among the languages they speak. Intriguingly, the language of the Hadzabe of eastern Africa, although not closely...

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PMID: 12646128
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(03)00130-1

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