| 单词 | click language |
| 释义 | > as lemmasclick language C2. attributive. Designating a language which features clicks (in sense A. 5a), as click language; of or relating to such speech sounds, as click sound. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > [noun] > click language click language1933 1848 J. Clarke Specimens Dial. 85 The language is remarkable on account of its ‘click’ and ‘clucking’ sound. 1849 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 1 428 The dialect of the Hill Damoras..is therefore included in the Click Class of African tongues. 1933 J. T. Tucker Angola i. 12 These tiny people spoke a ‘click’ language using only nouns and verbs. 1950 D. Jones Phoneme 6 C. M. Doke has invented special letters for all these click combinations. 1974 W. Abish Alphabet. Afr. 27 Alex can express himself in five click dialects. 2014 K. Stollznow Lang. Myths, Myst. & Magic xviii. 196 Some indigenous African languages are complex due to their large number of click consonants. < as lemmas |
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