Which language has the most sounds?

Taa also known as !Xoo language.

Although spoken by only 2500 native speakers it is somewhat famous because of its "clicks".
And I use the plural not because they occur often but because you can click in five different ways.

Scholars have different opinions when it comes to the exact count of phonemes - as a language's sounds should be called - but they all place it above 100 with some reaching 164.

In case you wondered English language only has 45.

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