. . "The Xhosa language (English /\u02C8k\u0254\u02D0s\u0259/ or /\u02C8ko\u028As\u0259/; Xhosa: isiXhosa [isik\u01C1\u02B0\u0254\u0301\u02D0sa]) is one of the official languages of South Africa. Xhosa is spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, or about 18% of the South African population. Like most Bantu languages, Xhosa is a tonal language; that is, the same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meanings when said with a rising or falling or high or low intonation."@en . . . "isiXhosa"@en . "Xhosa"@en . "xho" . . . "xh" . . . "xho" . .