Xhosa people facts for kids
  
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| Total population | |
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| (7.9 million (2001 estimate)) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Eastern Cape: 5.4 million Western Cape: 1.1 million |
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| Languages | |
| Xhosa (many also speak Zulu, English, and/or Afrikaans) | |
| Religion | |
| African Traditional Religion, Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Nguni, Basotho, Zulu, other Bantu people and South Africans |
| person | umXhosa |
| people | amaXhosa |
| language | isiXhosa |
The Xhosa (Xhosa: amaXhosa) are an ethnic group living in South Africa. About 18% of people in South Africa are Xhosa. The Xhosa language, called isiXhosa, is a Bantu language of the Nguni subgroup, like Zulu.
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Xhosa children in former Transkei
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Xhosa woman from the Transkei living in the Western Cape
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