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Genetic perspectives on the origin of clicks in Bantu languages from southwestern Zambia.

European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Apr 2013

Barbieri Chiara, Butthof Anne, Bostoen Koen, Pakendorf Brigitte

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Some Bantu languages spoken in southwestern Zambia and neighboring regions of Botswana, Namibia, and Angola are characterized by the presence of click consonants, whereas their closest linguistic relatives lack such clicks. As clicks are a typical feature not of the Bantu language family, but of Khoisan languages, it is highly probable that the Bantu languages in question borrowed the clicks from Khoisan...

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PMID: 22929022
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2012.192
PMCID: PMC3598317

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