Map showing the proportion of the South African population that speaks isiXhosa as their first language, according to Census 2011 at the electoral ward level.
Language Information
Xhosa, also known as isiXhosa, is a Bantu language and one of the official languages of South Africa, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe. Xhosa is a tonal language that also features clicks, and is written using the Latin alphabet. There are about 20 million speakers total, about 8 million of whom speak it as a first language.
Xhosa is fairly mutually intelligible with Zulu.
Xhosa is not currently offered at Indiana University.