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Xhosa
Xho·sa also Xo·sa X0006200 (kō′sä, -zə)n. pl. Xhosa or Xho·sas also Xosa or Xo·sas 1. A member of a Bantu people inhabiting the eastern part of Cape Province, South Africa.2. The Nguni language of this people, closely related to Zulu.Xhosa (ˈkɔːsə) npl -sa or -sas1. (Peoples) a member of a cattle-rearing Negroid people of southern Africa, living chiefly in South Africa2. (Languages) 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 ˈXhosan adjXho•sa (ˈkoʊ sə, -zə, ˈkɔ-)
n., pl. -sas, (esp. collectively) -sa. 1. a member of a Nguni people of E Cape Province, South Africa. 2. the Bantu language of the Xhosa. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Xhosa - a member of the Negroid people of southern South AfricaRepublic of South Africa, South Africa - a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers)African - a native or inhabitant of Africa | | 2. | Xhosa - a community of Negroid people in southern South Africa | | 3. | Xhosa - a Bantu language closely related to ZuluNguni - a group of southern Bantu languages |
TranslationsXhosa
Xhosa1. a member of a cattle-rearing Negroid 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 Xhosa (Isixhosa), the language of the Xosa (Xhosa, Amaxosa), spoken mainly in the eastern part of Cape Province in the Republic of South Africa. The number of speakers is approximately 3.9 million (1970, estimate). According to the classification of C. M. Doke (South Africa), Xhosa is related to the Nguni group of the northeastern zone of the Bantu language family. Xhosa has two dialects: Gcaleka and Ngqika. The phonetic structure is characterized by the presence of click sounds, implosive and lateral fricatives. Laws of consonant palatalization and velarization, and vowel fusion and elision, operate in Xhosa. The principal distinctive feature of the grammatical system is the presence of a substantive class system with a disyllabic prefix. The word order follows the pattern subject-predicate-object; modified substantives are followed by their attributes. The system of grammatical agreement is strictly maintained. REFERENCESDoke, C. M. Bantu: Modern Grammatical, Phonetical and Lexicographical Studies Since 1860. London, 1945.
Bennie, W. J. A Grammar of Xhosa for the Xhosa-Speaking. [Lovedale] 1939.
McLaren, J. Concise Xhosa-English Dictionary. New York, 1936.N. V. OKHOTINA Xhosa
Words related to Xhosanoun a member of the Negroid people of southern South AfricaRelated Words- Republic of South Africa
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