Editing Taa language (section)

==Dialects==
[[file:TWa040429-0101 2 (1).wav|right|thumb|A Namibian girl, speaking in Taa, discusses an initiation ceremony.]]

There is sufficient dialectal variation in Taa that it might be better described as a [[dialect continuum]] than a single language. Taa dialects fall into two groups, suggesting a historical spread from west to east:<ref>Naumann (2011) "A preliminary classification of Taa dialects".</ref>

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*'''Taa dialects'''
**West Taa: [[Anthony Traill (linguist)|Anthony Traill]]'s West ǃXoon and [[Dorothea Bleek]]'s Nǀuǁʼen
**East Taa
***ǃAma (Western)
***(Eastern)
****East ǃXoon (Lone Tree)
****Tsaasi–ǂHuan
*****Tsaasi
*****ǂHuan
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Traill worked primarily with East ǃXoon, and the [[DoBeS]] project is working with ʼNǀohan (in East Taa) and West ǃXoon.