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The Khoisan Language Family |
 | | Kxoe is used as a spoken, but not a written language in primary schools i.e., textbooks are in English. |
 | | Many of the Khoisan languages have five vowels /i/, /e/, /a/, /o/, /u/ which can be produced with additional features, such as nasalization, pharyngealization, and different voice qualities such as breathy and creaky voice, sometimes resulting in up to 40 different vowels. |
 | | In Kxoe, for example, genders in inanimate nouns are also associated with shape, e.g., masculine is associated with long, narrow objects, while feminine is associated with short, broad, round objects. |
| www.nvtc.gov /lotw/months/september/khoisan.html (1016 words) |
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