Korana language
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Korana, or ǃOra, is an extinct Khoisan language of South Africa. An ethnic Korana population of 10,000 lives in South Africa, and perhaps Botswana.
ǃOra was related to Nama, and the sound systems were broadly similar. However, ǃOra had 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.
!Ora is only recorded in a notebook from 1879 which contains five short stories.
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