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Xhosa
Last update: Monday 06th of September 2010
| Xhosa |
|---|
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| Nelson Mandela is a famous Xhosa-speaker. |
| Total population |
7.9 million (2001 estimate)1 |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Eastern Cape: 5.4 million Western Cape: 1.1 million |
| Languages |
| Xhosa (many also speak English or Afrikaans) |
| Religions |
| Animist, Christian |
| Related ethnic groups |
| Bantu, Nguni, Basotho, Zulu, Khoisan |
The Xhosa (IPA ) people are a group of peoples of Bantu origins living in south-east South Africa, and in the last two centuries throughout the southern and central southern parts of the country.