! Xóõ Language

'''The! Xóõ Language (also known as Taa)''' is a language in Namibia and Botswana, part of the Khoisan languages ​​. Occasionally the ''term! Xóõ Language'' used for the people who speak the language. According to Ethnologue, the language in Botswana from 3000 to 4000 speakers and 200 speakers in Namibia.

The language belongs to the southern subgroup of the Khoisan languages ​​and is most closely related to the = / Hua . She is itself still in some dialects divided. ! The xoo enjoys in linguisticcircles much fame for its enormous sound inventory: 5 vowels, 56 an affect most consonants and no less than 80 click consonants . There is also the 'kiss', a sound with a kiss sound. The sounds from the sound inventory often differ but in a very subtle way of each other.

The linguist Anthony Thraill a dictionary English -! Xóõ Language assembled, and a booklet on the phonetics of the language released.

The language is eligible for a place in the Guinness Book of Records because of the complexity of its phonetic system.