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Any source on the claim that Bulelani Ngcuka is Xhosa? I distinctly remember how he testified about applying for a home in KwaZulu on the base the he is an ethnic Zulu. --21:07, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
Bulelani Ngcuka's wife is ethinic Zulu he is Xhosa. The Zulu equivalent of his name would be. Bongani Mpisi
Bulelani ( Xhosa) = Bongani ( Zulu) Ngcuka ( Xhosa) = Mpisi ( Zulu)
Therefore he is Xhosa.
Osama Bin Laden is not Southern African and the article Osama bin Laden states no evidence of his ever leaving the Middle East. Even if he might speak Xhosa he is not a member of the Xhosa people. Please remove his name.
Please decide which you are going to use for the sake of consistency. I prefer 'Xhosa' because it is correct in British English, and is the more logical >> [Xhosa is to isiXhosa as German is to Deutch]. (Which English is supposed to used in Wiki anyway??) DawnTreader 196.207.40.213 19:31, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
Nevertheless, it is common practice to put the name of the language as said in the language itself at the top of language articles, so that's what I've done. Exploding Boy 18:26, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
For dedicated editors of this page: The "Related Groups" info was removed from all {{ Infobox Ethnic group}} infoboxes. Comments may be left on the Ethnic groups talk page. Ling.Nut 20:41, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
Corrected the spelling of "amagqira". The voiced verision of the alveolar click is spelled "gq". It is spelled correctly in the word "Qongqongthwane" (=the knocking beetle), however. The click song contains the word "igqira" (singular of "amagqira"), btw. Ake Torngren ( talk) 20:01, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
"g" in Dutch/Afrikaans. However, one often seems "r" for that sound in names, and in
older taxts. "Radebe" comes to mind.... Ake Torngren ( talk) 13:22, 23 May 2008 (UTC))
to in the table under the heading "Consonants" in the article "en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xhosa_language".
"Traditional crafts include beadwork, weaving, and pottery.
Traditional music features drums, rattles, whistles, flutes, mouth harps, Barak Obamas, and stringed-instruments and especially group singing accompanied by hand clapping [1]. There are songs for various ritual occasions; one of the best-known Xhosa songs is a wedding song called Qongqongthwane, performed by Miriam Makeba as Click Song #1. Besides Makeba, several modern groups record and perform in Xhosa."
In the spirit of constructive criticism... I just finished a book discussing the interactions of the British and Xhosa (Making Empire by Richard Price), and I got online trying to fill some gaps. After reading this article, I still can't get an idea of what these people were like before/at the time of contact with Europeans. Price notes that the Xhosa were skilled negotiators, and that their culture had a complex "legal" system, but none of those types of details are noted here. Perhaps a section could be included to describe Xhosa culture just prior to the Xhosa/Cape Frontier Wars? Were they an advanced civilization? Were they more like American Indians? Did they have commerce? Just my thoughts. Elliott Shultz ( talk) 20:55, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
As a result of the intermingling of Bantu and click-Speaking Khoisan tribes, isiXhosa has taken on several "click linguistics" characteristic of the Khoisan. -- Halqh حَلَقَة הלכהሐላቃህ ( talk) 18:59, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
The two references to the origins of the Xhosa term are not cited and should probably be removed until they can be verified: 'The name "Xhosa" comes from that of a legendary leader called uXhosa. There is also a theory that the word xhosa derives from a word in some Khoi-khoi or San language meaning "fierce" or "angry", the amaXhosa being the fierce people'. Knocknacree ( talk) 15:37, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
The pronunciation guide does not appear to match that at Xhosa language. I am ignorant on this but would expect them to be the same. – Fayenatic L ondon 07:55, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
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The Khoisan languages are not extinct, hence the existing internal link. Do we know which specific language the Xhosa adopted their 'clicks' from? Can someone elaborate on this please. 196.207.40.213 20:03, 15 April 2007 (UTC) DawnTreader
They will never. Because they don't know. What I've seen in these Wikipedia pieces are just repetitive narratives. 41.114.252.23 ( talk) 16:32, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
their ceremonies 105.12.3.73 ( talk) 11:23, 8 September 2021 (UTC)