Freelang Xhosa-English dictionary

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South Africa has eleven official languages and Xhosa happens to be one of them. It is believed that 18 percent of the country’s population converse in this language. Xhosa was used in the movie ‘The Gods Must be Crazy.’ The language has a considerable amount of tongue clicking sounds. The former South African president has been known to address crowds in Xhosa from time to time. Miriam Makeba had famous hit songs that had Xhosa in them. Xhosa is believed to have come [...]

Xhosa is a Bantu language spoken in south-east South Africa by about 7 million people. Xhosa is South Africa's second most common home language, after Zulu.

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Word list information

This dictionary was made by Renato B. Figueiredo.

Xhosa > English: 172 words
English > Xhosa: 157 words

Last update: March 21, 2014
First upload: April 9, 2008

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