Meaning of Xhosa | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A member of a Bantu people from South Africa, most of whom live in the Eastern Cape.
   countable
2. The language of these people, a Bantu language related to Zulu.
   uncountable

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Examples

“my father remained aloof from Christianity and instead reserved his own faith for the great spirit of the Xhosas, Qamata, the God of his fathers.”

“In many Xhosa households, Wednesday is umngqusho day. It's the way we all grew up. Like Fridays in the Eastern Cape are always dumplings with meat day.”

““With the food packages that we drop off, we are adding messages in the local dialect of Xhosa, because this is predominately for the Xhosa areas,” Kolisi said.”

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