Editing Khoisan languages (section)

==Khoisan language variation==
[[Anthony Traill (linguist)|Anthony Traill]] noted the Khoisan languages' extreme variation.<ref name=AT/> Despite their shared clicks, the Khoisan languages diverge significantly from each other. [[Anthony Traill (linguist)|Traill]] demonstrated this linguistic diversity in the data presented in the below table. The first two columns include words from the two Khoisan [[language isolate]]s, [[Sandawe language|Sandawe]] and [[Hadza language|Hadza]]. The following three are languages from the [[Khoe languages|Khoe family]], the [[Kxʼa languages|Kxʼa family]], and the [[Tuu languages|Tuu family]], respectively.

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|+ style="text-align: left;" | Khoisan language words, as reported in 2005 by Britannica
<ref name=AT>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Traill |first=Anthony |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |title=Khoisan languages |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Khoisan-languages |access-date=June 10, 2017  |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica, inc.}}</ref>
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! !! Sandawe !! Hadza !! Khoe !! Ju !! ǃXóõ
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| 'person' || ǀnomese || ʼúnù || khoe || ʒú || tâa
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| 'man' || ǀnomese || ɬeme || kʼákhoe || ǃhõá || tâa á̰a
|-
| 'child' || ǁnoό || waʼa || ǀūá || dama || ʘàa
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| 'ear' || kéké || ɦatʃʼapitʃʼi || ǂée || ǀhúí || ǂnùhã
|-
| 'eye' || ǀgweé || ʼákhwa || ǂxái || ǀgàʼá || ǃʼûĩ
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| 'ostrich' || saʼútà || kénàngu || ǀgáro || dsùú || qûje
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| 'giraffe' || tsʼámasu || tsʼókwàna || ǃnábe || ǂoah || ǁqhūũ
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| 'buffalo' || ǀeu || nákʼóma || ǀâo || ǀàò ||  ǀqhái
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| 'to hear' || khéʼé || ǁnáʼe || kúm || tsʼàʼá || tá̰a
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| 'to drink' || tsʼee || fá || kxʼâa || tʃìi || kxʼāhã
|}