Ju, Tuu & Khoe languages

Previously known as Khoesan (or Khoisan) languages, today these unique click  languages are more accurately grouped into three distinct language families:




All three language families are endangered and despite extensive research in the field of linguistics around sustaining linguistic diversity, "Relatively little is known about Africa's endangered languages" (Kandybowicz & Torrence, 2017, synopsis)

Speakers of these languages are found in southern Africa in countries such as: Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Click orthography (way of writing) for Ju, Tu and Khoe languages: