Hadza_language Hadza_language

Hadza language - Definition and Overview
Related Words: Afghan, Afghani, Afrikaans, Ainu, Akan, Akkadian, Albanian, Aleut, Algonquian, Algonquin, Amharic, Anatolian, Andaman, Apache, Arabic, Aramaic, Araucanian, Arawak, Arawakan, Armenian, Aryan, Assamese

Hadza is a language of Tanzania. It has only about 200 speakers. Hadza is classified as a Khoisan language by Greenberg (1976), along with Sandawe, its neighbouring language. The reasons for this classification include the presence of clicks in the language and a relatively small number of proposed cognates with the better-known Khoisan languages. Because of its seemingly typological nature, this classification is disputed, but relatively little research has been undertaken as to what the genetic affiliation of Hadza and Sandawe might be.

Its SIL code is HTS.

See also: language, Africa

Bibliography

  • Sands, Bonny E. (1998) 'The Linguistic Relationship between Hadza and Khoisan' In Schladt, Matthias (ed.) Language, Identity, and Conceptualization among the Khoisan (Quellen zur Khoisan-Forschung Vol. 15), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe, 265-283.

External link


IPA_lezh.PNG 		 This language-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it (http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Hadza_language).

Example Usage of language
gavobell: Now now @Latster and @chococat, no need for that kind of language. Let's keep #pumpt clean
andytlc: @ACaliendo pfft I didn't. Butcher my language on YOUR turf but in ENGLAND we spell things right.
SCREAMERHS: Cool language! นื้อเรื่องก็ไม่ได้แย่ (มั้ง) แต่ไม่ชอบที่มันเวอร์ ดวงดีกันเหลือเชื่อ ฉากซึ้งๆ บทพูดคมๆ ก็ยัดเยียดมากเกิน กลายเป็นดูแล้วไม่อิ
Copyright 2009 WordIQ.com - Privacy Policy  :: Terms of Use  :: Contact Us  :: About Us
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the this Wikipedia article.