| Also Known As: !Kora,Koraqua,Gorachouqua,Koranna,!Ora,Korana language
Description:
Korana, or ǃOra, is an moribund Khoisan language of South Africa. An ethnic Korana population (also called Griqua) of 10,000 live in South Africa, and perhaps Botswana, with half a dozen elderly speakers as of 2008.
ǃOra is related to Nama, and the sound systems are broadly similar. However, ǃOra has an ejective velar affricate, [kxʼ], which is not found in Nama, both as a pulmonic consonant and as a click accompaniment. In addition, about half of all lexical words in ǃOra began with a click, compared to a quarter in Nama.
ǃOra is only recorded in a notebook from 1879 which contains five short stories, but salvage work may be conducted with the few remaining speakers...... full article at Wikipedia |
