!Kung

kung Kung kùng ḵung English Pronunciation en anglicized pronunciation1992, Alan Barnard, Hunters and Herders of Southern Africa, page xxii: Finally, it may be of interest to the non-specialist that the pronunciation of clicks in ethnic group names is entirely optional when speaking a non-Khoisan language. Acceptable anglicizations may be produced either by articulating a non-click sound of approximately the same phonological position (e.g. p for ʘ, t for ǀ or ǂ, k for ǁ or ǃ), or by ignoring the click entirely and simply pronouncing the release followed by the remainder of the word. When speaking English, I myself say Kung for 'ǃKung', Gwi for 'Gǀwi', and Gana for 'Gǁana'. Ko for 'ǃXõ', Kam for 'ǀXam' en /kʊŋ/ en /ǃkʊŋ/ non-naturalized pronunciation Proper noun en ǃKung. en 1979 Daniel Goleman Consciousness, the Brain, States of Awareness, and Alternate Realities Ardent Media 9780891976486 166 One of [the few hunter-gatherer cultures that remain] is the !Kung of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, Africa (the exclamation point in !Kung represents one of four clicking sounds in their language). https://www.google.fi/books/edition/Consciousness_the_Brain_States_of_Awaren/bfmMJguPOIIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22is+the+!Kung+of+the+Kalahari+Desert+in+Botswana%22&pg=PA166&printsec=frontcover en 1980 w:Carl Sagan The Backbone of Night Cosmos (Sagan book) Cosmos first 6280573 0394502949 172 For example, the !Kung* Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana have an explanation for the Milky Way, which at their latitude is often overhead.*The exclamation point is a click, made by touching the tongue against the inside of the incisors, and simultaneously pronouncing the K. en 2000 Carl N. McDaniel; John M. Gowdy Paradise for Sale: A Parable of Nature 78 The exclamation point in !Kung is pronounced as a click and is characteristic of Khoisan languages. https://www.google.fi/books/edition/Paradise_for_Sale/x2GZH7mssNcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Kung&pg=PA78&printsec=frontcover References Further reading !Kung language knw Anagrams en gknu gunk en Languages