Xhosa (/ˈkɔːsə/ KAW-sə, /ˈkoʊsə/ KOH-sə; Xhosa pronunciation: [kǁʰóːsa]), formerly spelled Xosa and also known by its local name isiXhosa, is a Nguni...
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in South Africa and are native speakers of the isiXhosa language. Presently, over nine million Xhosa-speaking people are distributed across Southern...
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following is a list of timekeeping terminology in the isiXhosa language. The traditional isiXhosa names for months of the year poetically come from names...
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Nguni people (section AmaXhosa Tribes)
AmaMpondo, AmaXhosa, and AmaMpondomise) in the 5th century AD. The Xhosa trace their name back to the Khoikhoi, as the Khoi named them Xhosa, signifying...
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Clicking with Xhosa (2001). Cape Town: David Phillips Publishers. p. 22. Makuliwe, Mpumelelo T.A. Iziduko zabantu abathetha IsiXhosa: isikhokelo kwintetho...
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Sesotho Setswana siSwati Tshivenda Xitsonga Afrikaans English isiNdebele isiXhosa and isiZulu. Recognising the historically diminished use and status of...
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Organisational Social Work from Columbia University. She starred as Singisa in the isiXhosa classic drama Ityala Lamawele. She worked in various capacities for the...
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Dianne Stewart (author) (category CS1 Xhosa-language sources (xh))
1973 with degrees in Psychology and isiXhosa, and she later taught isiXhosa; Stewart's mother is a fluent Xhosa speaker. For her M.A. degree in African...
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Amahlubi speak IsiXhosa, Sesotho, and a handful speaks isiZulu, the language is near extinction many AmaHlubi identify themselves as Xhosa or Sotho, Zulu...
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Ityala lamawele (category Xhosa-language books)
Lovedale Press. Since that time it has been a significant influence on isiXhosa literature. The story is set in the time of the historical King Hintsa...
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