Xhosa people - Wikipedia They are the second largest ethnic group in South Africa and are native speakers of the isiXhosa language The Xhosa people are descendants of Nguni clans who settled in the Southeastern part of Southern Africa displacing the original inhabitants, the Khoisan
Xhosa | South Africa, Language, Culture | Britannica Xhosa, a group of mostly related peoples living primarily in Eastern Cape province, South Africa They form part of the southern Nguni and speak mutually intelligible dialects of Xhosa, a Bantu language of the Niger-Congo family
Xhosa language and alphabet - Omniglot Xhosa is a Bantu language spoken in South Africa, mainly in the Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Free State and Northern Cape It is also in parts of Lesotho and Zimbabwe According to the 2011 census there are about 8 2 million native speakers of Xhosa, and another 11 million second language speakers
Who Are The Xhosa People, And Where Do They Live? The Xhosa people are a Bantu ethnic group residing primarily in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, as well as other parts of the country to a lesser extent Related, but distinct, tribal groups and subgroups, like the Mfengu, Mpondo, Xesibe, Bomvana, Thembu, and others, make up the Xhosa population
Xhosa People: Origin And History Of The South African Tribe Xhosa people have a large population of approximately 8 million in South Africa with a minute number in Zimbabwe and Botswana Their language Xhosa pronounced Khosa with the ‘K’ slightly silent, is also known as isiXhosa and it is the most widely spoken indigenous language in South Africa after Zulu It is the official language of Lesotho
Truth About The Xhosa Tribe - Culture, Traditional Attire Food Today, the Xhosa are the second largest cultural group in South Africa, after the Zulu-speaking nation It is a descendant of the Nguni clan The Xhosa speaking group has various tribes with
Xhosa - South African History Online The Xhosa language (Isixhosa), of which there are variations, is part of the Nguni language group Xhosa is one of the 11 official languages recognized by the South African Constitution, and in 2006 it was determined that just over 7 million South Africans speak Xhosa as a home language
Exploring the Xhosa Language: History, Culture, and Linguistic . . . The Xhosa language is a Bantu language originally from South Africa It is spoken by an ethnic group called amaXhosa, which is officially referred to as isiXhosa The word Xhosa is derived from the Khoisan language, which is spoken by a group of Indigenous South Africans, and it translates to ‘angry men’
The Xhosa - South African Culture The name Xhosa is a general term, used for an assortment of noble clans of Nguni descent, the Pondo, Bomvana, Thembu and the Xhosa tribe itself The Xhosa-speaking peoples or Cape Nguni inhabit the Eastern Cape, from the KwaZulu-Natal border to the Eastern Cape Zuurveld
Xhosa language - Wikipedia Xhosa ( ˈ k ɔː s ə KAW-sə or ˈ k oʊ s ə ⓘ KOH-sə, [5] [6] [7] Xhosa: [ᵏǁʰôːsa] ⓘ), 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