Xhosa language
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Xhosa, formerly spelled Xosa and also known by its local name isiXhosa, is a Bantu language, indigenous to Southern Africa and one of the official languages of South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Sign outside the AmaZink township theatre restaurant in Kayamandi, welcoming visitors in Xhosa
English missionary Henry Hare Dugmore helped translate the Bible into Xhosa in 1859
Nelson Mandela was a Xhosa and was a member of the royal family of the Thembu tribe
Trilingual government building sign in Afrikaans, English and Xhosa; Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Nguni languages
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The Nguni languages are a group of Bantu languages spoken in southern Africa by the Nguni people. Nguni languages include Xhosa, Ndebele, Swati, and Zulu. The appellation "Nguni" derives from their an
Xhosa language
…language (approximately tied with Yeyi), with one count finding that 10% of basic vocabulary items contained a click. Xhosa is part of the branch of Nguni languages, which also include Zulu, Southern Ndebele and Northern Ndebele, called the Zunda languages. Zunda languages effectively form a dialect continuum of…
The Lord's Prayer in Southern Ndebele and Swazi respectively, displayed on tablets at the Church of the Pater Noster, Jerusalem