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Sequences of these sounds emitted by whales combine to form well-ordered codas differing in rhythm, tempo, rubato, and ornamentation. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name these consonants often represented by exclamation marks and other special characters. These sounds are used in Southern African languages like Khoekhoe (“KOY-koy”) and Xhosa (“KOH-suh”).
ANSWER: click consonants [or clicks]
[10h] Outside of Africa, clicks occur in Damin, one of these systems based on Lardil. Sometimes called styles, Martin Joos’s The Five Clocks posits that English has five of these systems differing in formality.
ANSWER: registers
[10m] Description acceptable. The Damin register is one of these languages, which are often more conservative than their linguistic relatives. Other languages of this type include Ge’ez and a dialect of Old Slavonic.
ANSWER: sacred languages [accept ritual languages or liturgical languages or church languages or holy languages or ecclesiastical languages]
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BirminghamBristol B1001020
LSE ACambridge A10101030
Cambridge DBristol A1010020
LSE BImperial A100010
Imperial BSouthampton A1001020
Oxford ADurham B10101030
Oxford BCambridge C10101030
ManchesterSouthhampton B100010
VanderbiltWarwick A100010