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Name:
Xhosa
Alternate Names:
Isixhosa; Xosa; Koosa; "Kaffer"; "Kaffir"; "Caffre"; "Cafre"; "Cauzuh"
Spoken in:
South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho
Number of speakers:
7,790,000 in South Africa (2006). Population total all countries: 7,817,300
(Ethnologue)
Code:
xho
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
SIL
Families:
Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)
Parent Subgroup:
Nguni (S.40) (guni)
Child Dialects:
Xesibe (xho-xes)
Bomvana (xho-bom)
Mpondo (xho-mpo)
Mpondomse; Mpondomisi (xho-mps)
Mfengu (xho-mfe)
Rhathabe; Ngqika; Ngqika-Rhathabe (xho-rha)
Thembu (xho-the)
Bhaca (xho-bha)
Hlubi (xho-hlu)
Cele (xho-cel)
Gealeka (xho-gea)
Gaika; Ncqika (xho-gai)
Ndlambe (xho-ndl)
Map of Xhosa
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