Xhosa(Pronounced/ˈKǁʰoːsa/ (
Audio(help information )), isiXhosa)YesAfricaThe language spoken by the South Xhosa is alsoSouth AfricaOne of the official languages. Xhosa belongs to the Bantu family of the Niger-Congo language family, and has a rich rapport. The population is about 7.9 million, accounting for about 18% of the population of South Africa. It is mainly concentrated in the two provinces of southern South Africa. The language is now written in the Latin alphabet. Has its own calendar, the Xhosa calendar.
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List of Conversational Terms
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Note: [|] represents a lateral click, and [l.] represents a voiceless lateral fricative (equivalent to Welsh "ll").
- Bantu language: isiXhosa /i si |ho sa/ (ee see kho sa)
- Hello: Molo /mo lo/ (mow low)
- Goodbye: sala kakuhle /sa la ka ku l.e/ (sa la ka koo hlay)
- Please: enkosi /N ko si/ ('ng ko see)
- Thank you: enkosi kakhulu /N ko si ka khu lu/ ('ng ko see kuh coo loo)
- That: le, lo, olu, oku, yona, yena etc. (depends on noun class)
- English: isiNgesi /i si Ne si/ (ee seeng ay see)
- Yes: ewe /e we/ (ay way)
- Not: hayi /ha ji/ (ha yee)