Xhosa And Zulu Architecture
Xhosa may refer to: * Xhosa people, a nation, and ethnic group, who live in south-central and southeasterly region of South Africa * Xhosa language Xhosa (, ) also isiXhosa as an endonym, is a Nguni language and one of the official languages of South Africa and Zimbabwe. Xhosa is spoken as a first language by approximately 8.2 million people and by another 11 million as a second ..., one of the 11 official languages of South Africa, principally spoken by the Xhosa people See also * * Khosa (other) * Kosa (other) {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Xhosa People
The Xhosa people, or Xhosa language, Xhosa-speaking people (; ) are African people who are direct kinsmen of Tswana people, Sotho people and Twa people, yet are narrowly sub grouped by European as Nguni people, Nguni ethnic group whose traditional homeland is primarily the Cape Provinces, Cape Provinces of South Africa, however the skulls from Mapungubwe empire shows that they have always been in Southern Africa like their kinsmen and had developed a sophisticated culture as well as civilization. They were the second largest racial group in apartheid Southern Africa and are native speakers of the Xhosa language, IsiXhosa language. Presently, approximately eight million Xhosa speaking African people are distributed across the country, and the Xhosa language is South Africa's second-most-populous home language, after the Zulu, again we must qualify the former statement as in great countries like China, Xhosa and Zulu language would not be classified as different languages, rather ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Xhosa Language
Xhosa (, ) also isiXhosa as an endonym, is a Nguni language and one of the official languages of South Africa and Zimbabwe. Xhosa is spoken as a first language by approximately 8.2 million people and by another 11 million as a second language in South Africa, mostly in Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Northern Cape and Gauteng. It has perhaps the heaviest functional load of click consonants in a Bantu language (approximately tied with Yeyi), with one count finding that 10% of basic vocabulary items contained a click. Classification Xhosa is part of the branch of Nguni languages, which also include Zulu, Southern Ndebele and Northern Ndebele. Nguni languages effectively form a dialect continuum of variously mutually intelligible varieties. Xhosa is, to some extent, mutually intelligible with Zulu and with other Nguni languages to a lesser extent. Nguni languages are, in turn, classified under the much larger abstraction of Bantu languages. Geographical distribution ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Khosa (other)
Khosa may refer to: People with the surname Khosa * Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan since 31 December 2016 * Baldev Khosa, Indian film actor and politician * Sardar Muhammad Muqeem Khan Khoso,former MNA in 1998 * Dost Muhammad Khosa (born 1973), former Muslim League politician, now Pakistan People's Party * Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (1929–2021), Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan * Rajan Khosa, Indian filmmaker * Sukhvir Singh Khosa, Indian immigrant to Canada, litigant in Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v Khosa * Zulfiqar Ali Khosa (born 1935), former Governor of Punjab and chief of khosa tribe * Latif Khosa, Governor of Punjab Places * Khosa, Punjab, Pakistan * Khosa, Shahkot, Punjab State, India * Jamaitgarh Alias Khosa, Punjab, India Other uses * Khosa (tribe), a Baloch tribe * Khosa Gotra, Indian clan among the Ahirs or Kashmiri Brahmins See also * * Khas people * Khasas * Kosa (other) * Xhos ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kosa (other)
Kosa may refer to: Places * Kosa, Azerbaijan * Kosa, Croatia, a village in Croatia * Kōsa, Kumamoto, a town in Japan * Kosa, Russia, several places with the name in Russia * , a village in Bolhrad Raion, Ukraine People * Kosa (surname) * Kōsa (1543–1592), Japanese religious leader * Kosa (Maoist), Indian guerrilla communist * Kosa Lek (1632–1683), Siamese trader, military general and minister * Kosa Pan (1633–1699), Siamese diplomat and minister Other uses * Kosa (folklore) * Kosa (river), a river in Perm Krai, Russia * Kosa (sports manufacturer), Swedish sports equipment manufacturer * KOSA-TV, a television station * Kosa language, a variety of Lunda * Kosa phenomenon, a sandstorm * Kosa, a vila in Serbian-Slavic mythology * ''Kosha'' or Kosa, a sheath or layer of the atman or soul according to Vedantic philosophy See also * * Cosa * Khosa (other) * Kossa (other) * Koza (other) * Xhosa (other) Xhosa may refer to: * Xhosa pe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |