Talk:Nama language
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Moved from main page to here;
This is seriously the only information I can find that hasn't been contradicted, except for the number of speakers, though Ethnologue seems like a reliable source. The sources contradict each other on whether Nama contrasts voicing, just what accompaniments it's clicks can have, and many other things.
- The linguistic community as a whole seems unable to ascertain the number of click consonants in some Khoisan languages. For instance, is the !Kung name N!xau three phonemes, or five? Is the click a sequence n + !x? n! + x? n + ! + x? Or just one phoneme, a prenasalised voiceless laminal retroflex click with affricated velar release? (BTW, I tend to believe that it's just one phoneme, on a par with Swahili and Zulu prenasalised voiced stops.) I must say though, I like this page; it actually shows some of the language in use, rather than just the name - population - location approach that has been taken with so many Wikipedia pages about languages in the past. thefamouseccles 04:11 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)
[edit] Dictionary for Nama
The article mentions that a dictionary exists; could someone provide a citation or ISBN number?
[edit] shift to Afrikaans?
Is it true (as stated in the French article) that most Namas now speak Afrikaans rather than Nama? QuartierLatin1968 
22:54, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] National language status
Is Nama a national language of Namibia? This article says it is, but Namibia contradicts it.
