Xhosa language
Xhosa (ISO 639-3 code xho) is a language of the Atlantic-Congo family spoken in Botswana, Lesotho, and South Africa. It has about 19,000,000 speakers.
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | xho |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | xhos1239 |
| Family | Atlantic-Congo |
| Area | Africa |
| Countries | Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa |
| Speakers (estimate) | 19,000,000 |
Xhosa words
- aba
- ahlula
- aluka
- alusa
- amafutha
- amarhewu
- balisa
- bi
- bona
- bukekela
- buza
- chana
- chitha
- danisa
- dyobha
- ezi
- eziya
- ezo
- fuduka
- fumana
- gqitha
- gqogqa
- gqusha
- guqula
Related languages
Other Atlantic-Congo languages, nearest first.
- Zulu27,000,000 speakers
- Bemba4,100,000 speakers
- Herero24,500 speakers
- Subiya24,500 speakers
- Yeyi20,000 speakers
- Kgalagadi12,500 speakers
- Tswapong2,000 speakers
- Birwa
- Holoholo
- Nambya
- North Ndebele
- Northern Sotho
More about Xhosa
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.