CLICK DIALECTS. 
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toms. They are a pastoral people, and lead a 
migratory life, wandering oyer the vast sandy 
plains in search of food for their cattle, whose 
milk forms their principal means of subsistence. 
They are governed by chiefs, and their mode 
of life, in every respect, resembles the Korun- 
nas. They are not a numerous race, although 
their country is of such extent. This is, in all 
probability, to be accounted for by the extreme 
unhealthiness, want of water, and consequent 
scarcity of vegetable food for man and beast, 
throughout the district. Their tribes or fami- 
lies are but small, and are very thinly dispersed 
over the country. 
Their language is a dialect of the Hottentot, 
or as it is styled by Mr. Appleyard, the " Click- 
class, " This is an appellation which he gives 
to the language of the Hottentot and Bushmen 
family, in contradistinction to that spoken by 
the Kaffir, Bechuana, and other tribes, which 
he styles the u Alliteral class" 
Of the Click dialects there are three : — viz, 
those spoken by the JNamaquas, the Korunnas, 
and the Hottentots proper. This classification 
is adopted, in consequence of the peculiar nasal, 
guttural, and extremely harsh and clicking 
sound given, by these various branches of the 
Hottentot family, to the pronunciation of dif- 
ferent sounds and letters. This language, 
