IsiXhosa also known as Xhosa is a language spoken in Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Free State and Northern Cape in South africa and Quthing District, Lesotho.
It belongs to the Nguni group of languages which also includes Ngoni, Swazi, IsiZulu and Ndebele languages.
IsiXhosa language has approximately 24,999,996 native speakers.
IsiXhosa is an official language in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
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