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Idioma xhosa

Xhosa
isiXhosa
Hablado en Bandera de Sudáfrica Sudáfrica
Región Provincia Oriental del Cabo, Provincia Occidental del Cabo
Hablantes 7,9 millones
Familia

Níger-congo
 Atlántico-congo
  Volta-Congo
   Benué-Congo
    Bantoide
     Meridional
      Bantú
       Central
        Grupo S
         Idioma nguni

          Xhosa
Escritura alfabeto latino
Estatus oficial
Oficial en Bandera de Sudáfrica Sudáfrica
Códigos
ISO 639-1 xh
ISO 639-2 xho
ISO 639-3 xho

El xhosa (AFI: [ᵏǁʰóːsa] (escuchar)) es un idioma bantú, una de las once lenguas oficiales de Sudáfrica. Es hablada por aproximadamente 7,9 millones, equivalente al 18 % de la población sudafricana.

Como la mayoría de las lenguas bantúes, el xhosa es una lengua tonal, es decir, que la misma secuencia de consonantes y vocales tiene diferente significado si está dicha con una entonación ascendiente o descendiente, alta o baja. Una de las características más distintivas es la prominencia de consonantes con clic; la palabra "xhosa" comienza con un clic.

El xhosa se escribe con el alfabeto latino. Se usan tres letras para representar los clics básicos: c para los clics dentales, x para los laterales y q para los postalveolares (ver tabla de consonantes más abajo). Los tonos no se indican en la forma escrita.

También gracias al misionero metodista inglés William Boyce se creó una forma organizada de escritura durante los años de 1800 con el que se empezó a escribir el Evangelio de Lucas.

Alfabeto

Consonantes

Labial Dental /
Alveolar
Postalveolar
/ Palatal
Velar Glotal
Central Lateral
Chasquido sorda [kǀ] c [kǁ] x [kǃ] q
aspirada [kǀʰ] ch [kǁʰ] xh [kǃʰ] qh
murmurado [ɡǀʱ] gc [ɡǁʱ] gx [ɡǃʱ] gq
nasal sonoro [ŋǀ] nc [ŋǁ] nx [ŋǃ] nq
nasal murmurado [ŋǀʱ] ngc [ŋǁʱ] ngx [ŋǃʱ] ngq
nasal glotalizado [ŋ̊ǀˀ] nkc [ŋ̊ǁˀ] nkx [ŋ̊ǃˀ] nkq
Oclusiva eyectiva [pʼ] p [tʼ] t [tʲʼ] ty [kʼ] k
aspirada [pʰ] ph [tʰ] th [tʲʰ] tyh [kʰ] kh
murmurado [bʱ] bh [dʱ] d [dʲʱ] dy [ɡʱ] g
implosiva [ɓ] b
Africada eyectiva [ʦʼ] ts [ʧʼ] tsh [kxʼ] kr
aspirada [ʦʰ] ths [ʧʰ] thsh
murmurado [ʣʱ] dz [ʤʱ] j
Fricativa sorda [f] f [s] s [ɬ] hl [ʃ] sh [x] rh [h] h
murmurado [v̤] v [z̤] z [ɮ̈] dl [ɣ̈] gr [ɦ̤] hh
Nasal sonoro [m] m [n] n [nʲ] ny [ŋ] n’
murmurado [m̤] mh [n̤] nh [n̤ʲ] nyh
Aproximante sonoro [l] l [j] y [w] w
murmurado [l̤] lh [j̈] yh [w̤] wh

Referencias

Esta lengua tiene su propia Wikipedia. Puedes visitarla y contribuir en Wikipedia en idioma xhosa.

Bibliografía

  • "Xhosa – Definition and pronunciation". Oxforddie Learner's Dictionaries. Oxforddie University Press.
  • "Xhosa – pronunciation of Xhosa". Macmillan Pictionary. Macmillan Publishers Unlimited.
  • Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student's Handbook, Edinburgh.

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