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My son didn't clap or point til one year. And he might have not made consonant sounds til
After 9 mo too! My very conservative ped wanted to get him tested for early intervention but i declined. Mommy instinct said he's fine and he is interested in other things but will catch up fine. And he did soon after and at 2.5 is not "behind" on anything

My nine month old has been walking for almost a month now but neither claps nor points. She been waving since six months.
Milestones have such a great range of normal.
He'll be communicating before you know it.

Our pediatrician does the Ages & Stages questionnaire. Here's a link. The last page gives a scoring rubric, so you can see what range G falls into and whether to be concerned.

http://www.a-zpeds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ASQ-9-Month.pdf

@DesertDreams88: My DS is 11 months and doesn't clap or wave or point. I hadn't even thought to be concerned ...

I have T, 14 months. He was pointing, clapping and waving by 10 months or so, and knows a few signs. He is extremely communicative and understands and performs many simple tasks we ask him to do. He also uses gestures and the sound "eh" to ask for things. However, he only babbles consonant sounds here and there, and just started recently.

Then we have O, who is 12 months next week. O babbles nonstop and has 4 words she uses consistently and with meaning. However, she is significantly less focused on communicating. She makes eye contact, smiles and interacts more every day, but definitely doesn't respond to any requests or "ask" for anything, even using gestures.

Neither our pediatrician or our early head start teacher are at all concerned about either one. They're just super different personalities, basically. Such a wide range of normal and everything is happening so fast right now. It's been fascinating watching the two develop side by side in such different ways.

DD was at the exact same point at 9 months. Some consonant sounds and maybe reacting to her name, but none of the rest. She started clapping and pointing sometime before 12 months, waving and imitating around 13 months, and now at 15 months has about 8 words, a couple of signs, and clearly understands most of what we say. All of this to say I don't think you have anything to worry about yet.