Word: khoisan
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...where one myopic offering in your menagerie might focus on those didgeridoos, the Core of tomorrow might undertake a cross-study of flutes in their many incarnations, from the pan-flutes of the Roman and Greek empires to the lesser-known (but no less important) Papuan and Khoisan flutists—perhaps even Bach’s flute sonatas would make a brief appearance. All in the name of a general education...
...genetic atlas also sheds new light on the origins of populations that have long mystified anthropologists. Example: the Khoisan of southern Africa (Bushmen and Hottentots). Many scientists consider the Khoisan a distinct race of very ancient origin. The uniqueness of the clicking sounds in their language has persuaded some linguists that the Khoisan are direct descendants of the most primitive human ancestors. But their genes beg to differ. They show that the Khoisan may be a very ancient mix of west Asians and black Africans. A genetic trail visible on the maps shows that the ancestral breeding ground for this...
African languages present some characteristics that are found in no other language areas in the world, and this is one of the things that makes their study so fascinating. The Khoisan and certain neighboring Bantu languages, for instance, are distinguished by being the only languages in the world with a set of clicks in their phonetic repertoire. The Bantu languages all have vast noun classes and though found in some other places in the world (e.g. Fiji), they cannot approach the sheer number of classes that are found in these. Many African languages are believed to have a system...
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