Xhosa language

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Xhosa_language

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Bantu_peoples
gptkbp:closelyRelatedTo	gptkb:Ndebele_language gptkb:Swati_language gptkb:Zulu_language
gptkbp:containsClickConsonants	yes
gptkbp:filmingLocation	gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:hasBibleTranslation	1859
gptkbp:hasClickTypes	dental alveolar lateral
gptkbp:hasConsonants	yes
gptkbp:hasDialects	gptkb:Hlubi gptkb:Bomvana gptkb:Gcaleka gptkb:Mfengu gptkb:Mpondo gptkb:Mpondomise gptkb:Thembu gptkb:Xesibe
gptkbp:hasNounClasses	yes
gptkbp:hasTones	yes
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code	xh
gptkbp:ISO639-3	xho
gptkbp:languageFamily	gptkb:Niger-Congo gptkb:Benue–Congo gptkb:Nguni gptkb:Southern_Bantu gptkb:Atlantic–Congo
gptkbp:nativeName	gptkb:isiXhosa
gptkbp:notableSpeaker	gptkb:Desmond_Tutu gptkb:Nelson_Mandela gptkb:Steve_Biko gptkb:Thabo_Mbeki gptkb:Miriam_Makeba
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers	approximately 19 million
gptkbp:officialLanguage	gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:percentageOfSouthAfricanPopulation	about 16% (as first language)
gptkbp:regulates	gptkb:Pan_South_African_Language_Board
gptkbp:spokenIn	gptkb:Lesotho gptkb:South_Africa gptkb:Zimbabwe
gptkbp:usedIn	gptkb:Gauteng gptkb:Western_Cape gptkb:Eastern_Cape gptkb:KwaZulu-Natal
gptkbp:usedInEducation	gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:usedInLiterature	gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:writingSystem	gptkb:Latin_alphabet
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Xhosa
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Xhosa language