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Xhosa (/ ˈ k ɔː s ə / KAW-sə or / ˈ k oʊ s ə / KOH-sə, [5] [6] [7] Xhosa: [ᵏǁʰôːsa] ⓘ), formerly spelled Xosa and also known by its local name isiXhosa, is a Nguni language, indigenous to Southern Africa and one of the official languages of South Africa and Zimbabwe. [8]
The clicks of Xhosa, in the Lepsius alphabet of 1854. The ṅ is equivalent to ŋ . The pipe with the acute accent was soon replaced with ǂ . The click letters created by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1855 (right column), along with the corresponding Lepsius letters (center).
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Nguni on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Nguni in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
Xhosa and Yeyi are Bantu languages, from the two geographic areas of that family that have acquired clicks. (Zulu is similar to Xhosa apart from not having /ᵑꞰˀ/) Damin was an initiation jargon in northern Australia. Each language below is illustrated with Ʞ as a placeholder for the different click types.
The Xhosa people, or Xhosa-speaking people (/ ˈ k ɔː s ə / KAW-sə, / ˈ k oʊ s ə / 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.
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Australian languages on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Australian languages in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Shan and Tai Lue on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Shan and Tai Lue in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
nr is used in the Romanized Popular Alphabet used to write Hmong, where it represents the sound /ɳɖ/. In the General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages it is /ɳ /. ns , in many African languages, represents /ns/ or /ⁿs/. nt is a letter present in many African languages where it represents /nt/ or /ⁿt/.