click

Japanese: click
click

...The definition of this language family is also not conclusive. The click sounds that are often cited as a characteristic of this language family are now also found in the surrounding Bantu languages.
[Another language group]
In addition to the four families mentioned above, the position of the Meroitic language, spoken by the people of Meroe, a Nile tribe who flourished for several centuries before the Second World War, is unclear in terms of the Afro-Asiatic language theory and others.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "click" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…またこの語族の設定も決定的なものとはいえない。この語族の特色としてよくあげられるクリックclickと呼ばれる吸打音は,現在では周辺のバントゥー諸語にも見られるものである。
[もう一つの言語群]
 以上のような4語族のほかに,前数世紀にわたって繁栄したナイルの民メロエの人々が話していたメロエ語Meroiticの位置は,アフロ・アジア語族説,その他をめぐって明確ではない。…

※「click」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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