Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ǂhoan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ǂhoan
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A Khoisan language of Botswana, also called ǂHõã.

Example Sentences

"Some languages are able to morphologically express plurality of events. For instance, in ǂHoan (a moribund Khoisan language spoken in southeastern Botswana), kí- is attached to a verb to express plurality related to events (Collins 2001)."
"Map 14 shows that the minority type of SVO&GenN languages are primarily found in two areas, among Gur, Kru, and Kwa languages in west Africa and among various Khoisan groups in southern Africa (Ju, ǂHoan, ǃUi and Taa)."

Inflected Forms

ǂHõã (alternative)

Questions

What does ǂhoan mean?: A Khoisan language of Botswana, also called ǂHõã.

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