O que (quem) é TAA - definição
![A [[Boeing 727]] at [[Brisbane Airport]] in March 1992](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Australian Airlines Boeing 727-276 at Brisbane.jpg?width=200 "A [[Boeing 727]] at [[Brisbane Airport]] in March 1992")
![The damaged tail of a [[Canadian Pacific Air Lines]] [[Douglas DC-8]], that was hit by a TAA [[Boeing 727]] at [[Sydney Airport]] in 1971](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CP Air McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63 Sydney accident Wheatley.jpg?width=200 "The damaged tail of a [[Canadian Pacific Air Lines]] [[Douglas DC-8]], that was hit by a TAA [[Boeing 727]] at [[Sydney Airport]] in 1971")
![Douglas DC-9-31]] at [[Essendon Airport]] in 1971, wearing the 1964-1969 ''Whispering T-Jet'' colour scheme used exclusively on DC-9s and [[Boeing 727]]s](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJN TAA ESS 12.04.71 edited-3.jpg?width=200 "Douglas DC-9-31]] at [[Essendon Airport]] in 1971, wearing the 1964-1969 ''Whispering T-Jet'' colour scheme used exclusively on DC-9s and [[Boeing 727]]s")
![[[Fokker Friendship]] Series 100 at [[Essendon Airport]] in 1970](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fokker F.27-100 VH-TFF TAA ESS 24.09.70 edited-3.jpg?width=200 "[[Fokker Friendship]] Series 100 at [[Essendon Airport]] in 1970")
![Lockheed Electra]] II at [[Essendon Airport]], January 1971, wearing the 1960-1969 ''Jetliner'' colour scheme](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lockheed L-188A VH-TLA TAA Essendon 30.01.71 edited-2.jpg?width=200 "Lockheed Electra]] II at [[Essendon Airport]], January 1971, wearing the 1960-1969 ''Jetliner'' colour scheme")
![An Australian Airlines [[Boeing 737-300]] at a gate at [[Sydney Airport]], with a company [[Airbus A300]] in the background, in TAA colors, 1987](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport at dawn 19th June 1987.jpg?width=200 "An Australian Airlines [[Boeing 737-300]] at a gate at [[Sydney Airport]], with a company [[Airbus A300]] in the background, in TAA colors, 1987")
![The nose section of an Australian Airlines [[Airbus A300]] in TAA colours at [[Eagle Farm Airport]], 1988](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TAA A300B4 VH-TAD Eagle Farm 1988.JPG?width=200 "The nose section of an Australian Airlines [[Airbus A300]] in TAA colours at [[Eagle Farm Airport]], 1988")
![TAA [[Douglas DC-3]] at [[Brisbane Airport]], early 1970s](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TAA Douglas DC-3 BNE Wheatley.jpg?width=200 "TAA [[Douglas DC-3]] at [[Brisbane Airport]], early 1970s")
![Skymaster]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Trans-australia-airlines-skymaster.jpg?width=200 "Skymaster]]")
Wikipédia
Taa , also known as ǃXóõ (also spelled ǃKhong and ǃXoon; Taa pronunciation: [ǃ͡χɔ̃ː˦]), is a Tuu language notable for its large number of phonemes, perhaps the largest in the world. It is also notable for having perhaps the heaviest functional load of click consonants, with one count finding that 82% of basic vocabulary items started with a click. Most speakers live in Botswana, but a few hundred live in Namibia. The people call themselves ǃXoon (pl. ǃXooŋake) or ʼNǀohan (pl. Nǀumde), depending on the dialect they speak. The Tuu languages are one of the three traditional language families that make up the Khoisan languages.
Taa is the word for 'human being'; the local name of the language is Taa ǂaan (Tâa ǂâã), from ǂaan 'language'. ǃXoon (ǃXóõ) is an ethnonym used at opposite ends of the Taa-speaking area, but not by Taa speakers in between. Most living Taa speakers are ethnic ǃXoon (plural ǃXooŋake) or 'Nǀohan (plural Nǀumde).
Taa shares a number of characteristic features with West ǂʼAmkoe and Gǀui, which together are considered part of the Kalahari Basin sprachbund.
