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The Xhosa people, or Xhosa-speaking people (/ˈkɔːsə/KAW-sə, /ˈkoʊsə/KOH-sə;[2][3][4]Xhosa pronunciation:[kǁʰɔ́ːsa]ⓘ) are a Bantu ethnic group native to South Africa. They are the second largest ethnic group in South Africa and are native speakers of the IsiXhosa language.
Presently, over nine million Xhosa-speaking people are distributed across the country, although their traditional homeland is primarily the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. , and the Xhosa language is one of South Africa's most populous languages. The pre-1994 apartheid system of Bantustan assigned them to have self-governing "homelands" (native reserves), namely; Transkei and Ciskei, both a part of the Eastern Cape Province where most Xhosa remain. A notable population also thrives in the Western Cape province of the country. Cape Town (eKapa in Xhosa), East London (eMonti), and Gqeberha (e-Bhayi).
As of 2003,[update] the majority of Xhosa speakers, approximately 5.3 million, lived in the Eastern Cape, followed by the Western Cape (approximately 1 million), Gauteng (971,045), the Free State (546,192), KwaZulu-Natal (219,826), North West (214,461), Mpumalanga (46,553), the Northern Cape (51,228), and Limpopo (14,225).[5]
There is a small but significant Xhosa-speaking (Mfengu) community in Zimbabwe, and their language, isiXhosa, is recognised as an official national language. This community is the remnant migrated from central Africa into South Africa upon the establishment of Rhodesia with Cecil Rhodes.[clarification needed][6]
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is the 5th chief in succession. Phuthi people are the descendants of Swazi, Sotho, eastern San and Xhosapeople who lived in the areas where these ethnicities...
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faith in Xhosa-speaking communities in South Africa. The term is often used to refer to the supreme deity in Christian theology. Xhosapeople, part of...
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