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Xhosa people

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Intangible ethnic_group Q207996
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Xhosa people

Summary

Xhosa people is an ethnic group[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,613 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Xhosa was Xhosa people's native language[3].
  • Xhosa people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[4].
  • Xhosa people is a type of Nguni people[5].
  • Xhosa people's Commons category is recorded as Xhosa[6].
  • Xhosa people's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Xhosa people[7].
  • Xhosa people's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8].

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Definition and Type

Xhosa people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[4]. It is a type of Nguni people[5].

Why It Matters

Xhosa people ranks in the top 5% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,613 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → ethnic group
    Native language → Xhosa
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007529620205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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