a member of a cattle-rearing people of southern Africa, living chiefly in South Africa
2.
the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family: one of the Nguni languages, closely related to Swazi and Zulu and characterized by several clicks in its sound system
Derived forms
Xhosan (ˈXhosan)
adjective
Xhosa in American English
(ˈkoʊsɑ; ˈkoʊzɑ)
noun
1. Word forms: pluralˈXhosas or ˈXhosa
a member of a people living mainly in S South Africa
2.
the Bantu language of this people, closely related to Zulu
adjective
3.
of the Xhosas or their language or culture
Also sp. ˈXosa
Examples of 'Xhosa' in a sentence
Xhosa
Bunyani spoke to him in Xhosa, her click speech stick-drumming the air.
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