- a variation of Xhosa.
Xosa
Americannoun
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Xosas,
plural
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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
We have arrived at Xosa II and have established an orbit about it.
From Sand Doom by Murray Leinster
This speech, delivered half in Boer Dutch, half in the Xosa language, has a startling effect.
From 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War by Bertram Mitford
Now hear the word of Sarili, your father, the Paramount Chief, the father of all the children of Xosa.
From 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War by Bertram Mitford
The Xosa had effected the same process with the third, under cover of Kendrew’s pistol.
From A Frontier Mystery by Bertram Mitford
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 Alfred Court Haddon
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