The Kx'a languages, also called Ju–ǂHoan, are a recently established family linking the ǂHoan language isolate with the ǃKung (Juu) dialect cluster, a relationship that had been suspected for a decade. Along with the Tuu languages, they are one of two language families indigenous to southern Africa, which are typologically similar due to areal effects.
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“The very natural tendency to use terms derived from traditional grammar like verb, noun, adjective, passive voice, in describing languages outside of Indo-European is fraught with grave possibilities of misunderstanding.”
—Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897–1934)