Xhosa language
Xhosa (ISO 639-3 code xho) is a language of the Atlantic-Congo family spoken in Botswana, Lesotho, and South Africa. It has about 19,000,000 speakers.
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | xho |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | xhos1239 |
| Family | Atlantic-Congo |
| Area | Africa |
| Countries | Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa |
| Speakers (estimate) | 19,000,000 |
Related languages
Other Atlantic-Congo languages, nearest first.
- Zulu27,000,000 speakers
- Bemba4,100,000 speakers
- Herero24,500 speakers
- Subiya24,500 speakers
- Yeyi20,000 speakers
- Kgalagadi12,500 speakers
- Tswapong2,000 speakers
- Birwa
- Holoholo
- Nambya
- Igbo45,000,000 speakers
- Yoruba45,000,000 speakers
More about Xhosa
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.