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Did you know? Click languages — like !Xóõ in southern Africa — use 5 click consonants (like tongue clicks) as regular sounds. !Xóõ has about 122 different sounds because of this — more than any other language. English has about 44.

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Click languages — like !Xóõ in southern Africa — use 5 click consonants (like tongue clicks) as regular sounds. !Xóõ has about 122 different sounds because of this — more than any other language. English has about 44.

Click-talen — zoals !Xóõ in zuidelijk Afrika — gebruiken 5 click-medeklinkers (zoals tongtikken) als reguliere klanken. !Xóõ heeft daarmee zo'n 122 verschillende klanken — meer dan welke andere taal ook. Engels heeft er ongeveer 44.

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