Damin

Proper noun

Meaning

Damin

A ceremonial register of the Australian Aboriginal Lardil language; the only language outside of Africa to use click consonants in its phonology.

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Examples

All languages have nasal clicks, and all but Dahalo and Damin also have oral clicks. Source: Internet

Apart from Dahalo, Damin, and many of the Bantu languages (Yeyi and Xhosa being exceptions), 'click' languages have glottalized clicks. Source: Internet

Damin is an invented ritual language, and has nothing to do with Khoisan. Source: Internet

One of the clicks in Damin is actually an egressive click, using the tongue to compress the air in the mouth for an outward (egressive) "spurt". Source: Internet

This convention is used in the literature on Damin, where the clicks are transcribed as m!, nh!, n!, rn! Source: Internet

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