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During my daily morning hunt for a music playlist, I stumbled across Minority Language Radio. It's full of surprising snippets and songs by artists in many (potentially) endangered and minority languages. Check out the list of artists under Khoisan languages, if you'd like to listen to some songs with 'click' sounds. Miriam Makeba is mistakenly listed under that list—she sings in Xhosa which belongs to the Bantu languages. However, the clicks in Xhosa are generally considered to be adopted through strong historical interactions (in the past) with neighboring Khoisan populations. Xhosa of course, isn't endangered, but here's a link to the famous Qongqothwane song (also known as "The Click Song") by Makeba. (ELHAM) Tags: endangered languages, music, xhosa
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