too large to move or there is a surplus of meat, word will be spread to villages that are close by to come collect meat for themselves. Language The ǃKung language, commonly called Ju, is one of the larger click languages and belongs to the Kxʼa language family, loosely categorised in the Khoisan language group (no longer seen as one family). The ǃKung people often communicate only by high-pitched clicks when sneaking up on prey in order to stay undetected. Recent history Since the 1950s, the Juǀʼhoan population has increased. Cattle ranches have brought cows to their traditional lands. Cows eat the sparse vegetation which the Juǀʼhoansi and their game animals need, as well as dirty the Juǀʼhoansi water holes. This water pollution, along with the disappearance of native vegetation, has made disease more prevalent. In addition to the problems involved in sharing water with cows, the Juǀʼhoansi are less mobile than in the past. The current governments of Namibia and Botswana, where the Juǀʼhoansi live, encourage permanent settlements with European style houses. With urban employment and industrialization, indigenous people are changing their nomadic lifestyle. European-descended settlers have encouraged wage-paid agricultural labour, especially for men. Due to increased dependence on them and their access to wealth, men are valued more. Women, who traditionally prepared food, have taken up the preparation of millet. Millet is more difficult to process than traditional Joǀʼhoan foods, and therefore women must spend more time preparing food for their household, leaving less time for employment outside the home. The changing gender roles, growing inequality between the sexes, and transformation from a wandering hunter-gatherer life-style to life in a village have contributed to more domestic violence, as women are more dependent on men and increasingly restricted from outside intervention through changing housing styles and arrangements. Houses that are less open and the collection of wealth also challenges traditional sharing ideology. The ǃKung also face problems since their traditional lands are sought after by cattle ranchers, wildlife reserves, and state governments. In popular culture The protagonist in the film The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980) is a caricature of a ǃKung man. The American rock band Phish sometimes performs a song called "Kung" during their live performances. Ivy Dickens talks about the ǃKung people in Season 4 of Gossip Girl. Carl Sagan draws on the ǃKung's way of life in relation to science in his 1995 book The