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On the subject of clicking, our gardener taught me Zulu tongue twisters when I was a kid, to get the hang of the clicks. The first, using the !q click is:

  • Ingqeqebulane yaqaqela uqhoqhoqho, uqhoqhoqho waqaqela iqaqa, iqaqa laqalaza. (The storyteller warmed up his throat, this woke up the skunk that looked around in amazement) - every q is a click, made by pulling your tongue away from the roof of your mouth, like you're geeing on a horse.

Then there's the !x click - made by parting your teeth slightly, pressing your tongue against them, then pulling it back. Almost like making a "tsk" sound of disapproval.

  • Amaxoxo ayaxokozela exoxa ngoxamu exhibeni. (The frogs are gossiping loudly about the big lizard)

And then there's Miriam Makeba:

PsyGremlinKhuluma!17:01, 4 January 2012

OK, very unlinguistic of me, but that sounds lovely in music cause it sounds like part of the rythem, not the language. I can make both clicks, just not as part of actual words. :-)

Pink mowse.pngGodotEn live18:07, 4 January 2012