Molo!
say it: “MOH-loh”
Xhosa
in its own words: isiXhosa
- Speakers
- 19 million (estimate)
- Family
- Niger-Congo – Bantu
- Vitality
- Safe
- Where it is spoken
- Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa
- Script
- Latin
- Official language
- South Africa (regional)
Fun fact
Xhosa has click consonants written c, q and x – its own name, isiXhosa, begins with one. It was Nelson Mandela's first language.