Xhosa

Summary

Xhosa is a natural language^[1]. Xhosa ranks in the top 7% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,157 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Xhosa is in the country of South Africa^[3].
• Xhosa is in the country of Zimbabwe^[4].
• Xhosa is in the country of Lesotho^[5].
• Xhosa's instance of is recorded as natural language^[6].
• Xhosa's instance of is recorded as modern language^[7].
• Xhosa's ISO 639-1 code is recorded as xh^[8].
• Xhosa's ISO 639-2 code is recorded as xho^[9].
• Xhosa's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as xho^[10].
• Xhosa's GND ID is recorded as 4120400-1^[11].
• Xhosa's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85148822^[12].
• Xhosa's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 122621223^[13].
• Xhosa's IdRef ID is recorded as 031399762^[14].
• Xhosa's GOST 7.75–97 code is recorded as коа 340^[15].
• Xhosa's subclass of is recorded as Nguni^[16].
• Xhosa's subclass of is recorded as Zunda^[17].
• Xhosa's writing system is recorded as Latin script^[18].
• Xhosa's IETF language tag is recorded as xh^[19].
• Xhosa's Commons category is recorded as Xhosa language^[20].
• Xhosa's Wikimedia language code is recorded as xh^[21].
• Xhosa's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q33890 (nso)-Mohau-Sethosa.wav^[22].
• Xhosa's pronunciation audio is recorded as Xhosa.ogg^[23].
• Xhosa's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 52119^[24].
• Xhosa's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -32, 'lon': 28}^[25].
• Xhosa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0nl8g^[26].
• Xhosa's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph631760^[27].

Why It Matters

Xhosa ranks in the top 7% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,157 views/month).^[2] Xhosa has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Xhosa is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]