Xhosa
South African tongue
Xhosa refers to a Bantu people of South Africa, primarily in the Eastern Cape, or their language.
The language is known for its distinctive click consonants, represented by letters like *x*, *c*, and *q*.
Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu were Xhosa.
The word is pronounced with an initial click sound, approximately KOH-suh.
Brief sharp sounds
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- tonalityMusic organized around tonic
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- syntaxRules for arranging words
morphology · vocabulary · bilingualism · mother tongue · dialects · literacy · translation · communication
Strung ornament craft
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- circumcisionForeskin surgical removal
rites of passage · traditional dress · folklore · oral history · healers · divination · ceremonies · polygamy
Bantu language of Natal
- SwaziEswatini native or tongue
- BantuAfrican language family
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- ancestryFamily line of descent
kinship · homestead · cattle · agriculture · tradition · heritage · customs · ubuntu
Racial separation policy
- Robben IslandSouth African prison colony
- anti-apartheidOpposing racial segregation policy
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
- dispossessionDeprival of property rights
Nelson Mandela · homeland · resistance · Steve Biko · liberation · Sharpeville · freedom struggle
Capital's working-class quarter
- Port ElizabethSouth African coastal city
- ruralOf the countryside
- townshipCounty's smaller division
clicks
Brief sharp sounds
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- tonalityMusic organized around tonic
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
syntax · morphology · vocabulary · bilingualism · mother tongue · dialects · literacy · translation · communication · consonants
beadwork
Strung ornament craft
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
circumcision · rites of passage · traditional dress · folklore · oral history · healers · divination · ceremonies · polygamy · kraal
Zulu
Bantu language of Natal
ancestry · kinship · homestead · cattle · agriculture · tradition · heritage · customs · ubuntu
apartheid
Racial separation policy
- Robben IslandSouth African prison colony
- anti-apartheidOpposing racial segregation policy
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
Nelson Mandela · dispossession · homeland · resistance · Steve Biko · liberation · Sharpeville · freedom struggle
East London
Capital's working-class quarter
- Port ElizabethSouth African coastal city
- ruralOf the countryside
- townshipCounty's smaller division