!kung
/kʊŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.58 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of ǃKung.
Example Sentences
- "One of [the few hunter-gatherer cultures that remain] is the !Kung of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, Africa (the exclamation point in !Kung represents one of four clicking sounds in their language)."
- "For example, the !Kung* Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana have an explanation for the Milky Way, which at their latitude is often overhead. […] *The exclamation point is a click, made by touching the tongue against the inside of the incisors, and simultaneously pronouncing the K."
- "The exclamation point in !Kung is pronounced as a click and is characteristic of Khoisan languages."