Showing posts with label Xhosa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Xhosa. Show all posts

Sunday, November 7, 2021

Don't mind if I do, thank you :-)

11 Obscure but Cool Languages You Should Learn, and How to Do It

Cornish
Catalan
Breton
Xhosa
Belarusian
Tibetan
Basque
Leonese
Maltese
Hawaiian
Occitan

Breton, Xhosa, Basque, Leonese, Maltese, and Occitan are already on my to learn list :-D



Monday, August 8, 2016

Song in Xhosa


Igqirha lendlela,
Nguqongqothwane,
Igqirha lendlela, kuthiwa
Nguqongqothwane,
Igqirha lendlela, huyya,
Nguqongqothwane,
Igqirha lendlela, kuthiwa
Nguqongqothwane.
 
Sel' eqabel' egqith' apha, ga’aya,
Nguqongqothwane,
Sel' eqabel' egqith' apha, awu,
Nguqongqothwane,
Sel' eqabel' egqith' apha, ga’aya,
Nguqongqothwane,
Sel' eqabel' egqith' apha, mm,
Nguqongqothwane.

He's the witchdoctor of the roads,
He's the knock-knock beetle,
He's the witchdoctor of the roads, he's called
The knock-knock beetle,
He's the witchdoctor of the roads, huyya,
He's the knock-knock beetle,
He's the witchdoctor of the roads, he's called
The knock-knock beetle,
 
Already he's climbing, he's passing by here, ga'aya,
He's the knock-knock beetle,
Already he's climbing, he's passing by here, awu,
He's the knock-knock beetle
Already he's climbing, he's passing by here, ga'aya,
He's the knock-knock beetle,
Already he's climbing, he's passing by here, mm,
He's the knock-knock beetle

It is a very nice song to practice the clicks, as it only has one type of clicks, the post-alveolar click Q

Saturday, August 6, 2016

Thursday, August 4, 2016

Project 52 in 52: Xhosa

Oh, yeah... I want to learn all of those! Sound interesting!

When it comes to languages, I want to collect all of them :-D Now, it is probably impossible for humans to master more than some 10-20 languages effectively and actively... but Miriam Makeba's language is an interesting candidate to know :-D

The other languages mentioned were Pawnee, Yupik, Silbo Gomero and  Pirahâ.