- a variation of Xhosa.
Xosa
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When Makeba sings or talks in her native Xosa dialect, its expressive staccato clicks sound like the popping of champagne corks.
From Time Magazine Archive
Greenoak addressed him in the Xosa tongue, being tolerably sure that none of the Police troopers within earshot possessed anything but the merest smattering of that language, most of them not even that.
From Harley Greenoak's Charge by Mitford, Bertram
“I don’t,” admitted Bordman, his temper not of the best because of what seemed unnecessary condescensions on Xosa II.
From Sand Doom by Leinster, Murray
No man of the race of Xosa is.
From 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War by Mitford, Bertram
The father of all the sons of Xosa!
From 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War by Mitford, Bertram
But all, both northern Zulus and southern Xosas, are essentially one people in speech, physique, usages and social institutions.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
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