Language Families of the World

The Click Languages

Educational Jun 1, 2020 24 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

Available on Prime Video, The Great Courses Signature Collection

S1 E5: Shift from Indo-European to some of the most endangered languages in the world: the “click” languages, formally known as Khoisan. Spoken in southern Africa, these endangered languages share a distinctive profile, and yet likely did not all come from a single family. Explore where they may have begun and how they work.

Educational Jun 1, 2020 24 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

TV-PG

Information

Released: 2020
Run Time: 24 min
Rated: TV-PG

Languages

Audio: English (AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.