Sound change in the Khoisan languages: New data on click loss and click replacement1

Journal of African Languages and Linguistics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-56

  Traill, Anthony ^a   Vossen, Rainer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84933481292     PISSN: 01676164     EISSN: 16133811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jall.1997.18.1.21     Document Type: Article

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