How to pronounce the X Click in Xhosa (like in Black Panther)

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@adhdbookworm 3 года назад

This is one of the languages I want to learn. As a native English speaker, the clicks are intimidating, but they are also so cool sounding. Thank you for sharing this! It was a very informative and well done video.

@siphesihlesoyizwapi6128 Год назад

Many people fear they may hurt their tongue, especially the "Q" click. But it's painless and when you give it a chance it's easy.

@truknayr23 6 лет назад

I am here because of Trevor Noah. hahaha thanks for the lesson.

@Yanaschaf 6 лет назад

He practically promoted this wonderful language (and open mindedness in general) all over the world.

@SebastianPerezG 5 лет назад

@@Yanaschaf I think he needs to make a show entirely in xhosa with subtitles in english.

@jennys.3246 5 лет назад

Saaaame lol

@18764068421 5 лет назад

Me too

@lerousykandra8367 5 лет назад

Same here. Hahaha

@firdausyahaya9086 6 лет назад

Try to speak with no gap Xa Xe Xi Xo Xu..my cat came running to me Lol

@lisah6799 6 лет назад

Firdaus Yahaya 😂😂

@Weston_Tetsuo 5 лет назад

Firdaus Yahaya 🤣🤣🤣

@JWH534 5 лет назад

Ur cat from Wakanda my friend 😂

@d.hastings1779 5 лет назад

hahahaha mine too

@raecapital 4 года назад

I just screamed! Mine too ... in tears now 😹😹😹😹😹

@themimsy 3 года назад

Now I can’t stop saying Xhosa since I nailed the click x sound 😂

@mamadeebuildsahouse 7 лет назад

Best way I've seen Xhosa taught. Will share with my son as he grows up in America and is removed from Xhosa experience. My daughter can speak Xhosa and I can speak Xhosa of course. My ethnic tag in my ch u nnel is an example. I enjoyed it thanks.

@RochesFan 4 года назад

Here from a Jeopardy clue that pronounced Xhosa like "ho-sa," and thought, "wait - there's a click at the start of 'Xhosa,' right?" Excellent tutorial, by the way

@LearnXhosa 4 года назад

ewe!

@cuteproxytobylover5279 Год назад

I got it down surprisingly quickly! What an awesome explaination and starter excercise! Greetings from Germany!

@mikeb3717 6 лет назад

Bless you. in 1 minute you did a better job at explaining the X click with a vowel better than any other video I've seen.

@imfrommanndame 9 лет назад

The click is inwards, while every other vowel and consonant I've ever known are outwards. This breaks me.

@QuiteAWhiteOu 7 лет назад

Watch this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YlocO29uud4.html

@dmanwoowoo4366 6 лет назад

It helps if you think of it as upwards, instead of inwards

@moistmayonese1205 5 лет назад

dman Woowoo Sorry I only know how to inhale and exhale. How does one uphale?

@kazoo689 5 лет назад

i've been making all sorts of percussive noises with my mouth forever, so the only hard part for me is melding the consenants with clicks.

@LearnXhosa 5 лет назад

not really inward, but i guess its like a suction. try this vid too: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YlocO29uud4.html

@raymondplouffe9521 3 года назад

I learned that there are 5 variations of the kind of click mentioned in the video. There's the basic kind, the aspirated kind, the glottalized kind, the nasalised kind and the vocalized kind. I like to hear someone articulating the different variations of the click.

@siphesihlesoyizwapi6128 Год назад

Basic = x (eg. Ixoxo. A frog) Aspirated = xh (eg. IsiXhosa) Nasalised = ngx (eg. Ingxaki. A problem) Glottalised = nx (eg. Nxa! An exclamation showing annoyance) Vocalised = gx (eg. Igxagxa.)

@raymondplouffe9521 Год назад

@@siphesihlesoyizwapi6128 Now I would need to hear someone pronouncing the clicks in the 5 different variations.

@MartyredxMaiden 9 лет назад

Click language is fascinating. Beautiful language, Xhosa!

@bleepbloop404 7 месяцев назад

Here from watching Siki Jo-an's performance and wanted to be able to pronounce the name of the language shes singing in correctly. Thank you! 😇

@MrsJadeCurtiss 9 лет назад

The click itself seems easy, but following it with a vowel is almost impossible for me xD Would have been nice to see a more in-depth explanation on how to click correctly.

@QuiteAWhiteOu 9 лет назад

Hi, its actually just a demo video so it would usually follow the videos which do that for you. Start by exhaling the 5 vowels a e i o u, then start to do a click, followed by an exhaled vowel, in that order. Have a gap between the two at first, but slowly reduce the gap so that the click is followed by the exhaled vowel. We have some videos on this somewhere. I think try Craig Charnock Tedx Talk for general interest and a section where the crowd learns a little.

@MrsJadeCurtiss 9 лет назад

Quite a White Ou Thank you! :) You´re right though, I should have probably looked at more videos^^

@MrsJadeCurtiss 9 лет назад

***** Idk I always have trouble with it. It's just not even close to any sounds I usually use in language.

@acceptyourselfbehappy1443 6 лет назад

I can't seem to do it right lol

@gwho Год назад

pretty easy.

@reesepcs.creative 5 лет назад

Why she so pretty!? I love this language, looks easy enough to become fluent in.

@jan_kisan 7 лет назад

It's hard to tell what is cooler - the clicks she is teaching, the smile she is doing it with, or her _So British_ pronunciation in English... Let's just say it's triple-cool! =)

@xhalanga 5 лет назад

Lol

@yippee8570 5 лет назад

Nah, it's not British, it's maybe South African, like Trevor Noah (who also speaks Xhosa and is the reason I wanted to watch this video) :-D

@DigitalDassie 5 лет назад

Definitely South African, I know since I'm South African too.

@syedamer1662 4 года назад

that NZ pronunciation

@omp199 Год назад

As a British person, I can assure you that this is not a British accent. Not even close! At 0:22, when she says, "Gahdit," instead of, "Got it," she sounds little different from an American.

@lavendersalad81 6 лет назад

Thank you, Zikhona and UBuntu Bridge. It helped me that you said the X sounds like the horse riding sound. Ndifunda ne UBuntu Bridge :)

@LearnXhosa 6 лет назад

Lavender Salad wamkelekile sisi

@ScribStat 5 лет назад

I’m still learning the click, but the vowel sounds are pretty easy! Not too different from some other languages. My clicks are too salivated though lol Thank you for the video!

@irfand4 5 лет назад

What a wonderful wor(l)d !!!!! (came here after seeing a movie about Mandela)

@NayeLoveArt1992 8 лет назад

omg!! I am sooo in love!

@Zalaalmasz72 9 лет назад

This pronunciation is so interesting! Thanks a lot!

@sweetboo1022 5 лет назад

I'm here to learn this just in case I ever meet Trevor Noah I can impress him. LOL

@quoodle9883 4 года назад

☺️ I’m glad I’m not the only one.

@adissiusly 3 года назад

@@quoodle9883 Same, here for Trevor Noah

@LearnXhosa 3 года назад

ja but then you must grow an afro and buy very very expensive houses in Hollywood so you can impress other umlungus 😂

@carolynmcpherson2667 2 года назад

Good thinking.

@jes7170 Год назад

Im here because of Black Panther Wakanda Forever, lol. Thanks for the video it was very interesting to learn :). You are also so pretty!

@kelleyrios5897 5 лет назад

Omg she made it so easy to understand!

@edenromanov Год назад

Oh that's hard but fun too, African languages are a gem to listen to ❤️

@manonliavais Год назад

Blessed be the the Internet for amazing us every day with the wonders of the world.

@nicole4589 3 года назад

I love how everyone is here from some other reference. I was doing a language alphabet challenge and I couldn't think of a language that started with the letter X, and I wanted to know how to properly pronounce Xhosa so I can here!😂

@erickferrufinozambrana5489 6 лет назад

Please continue doing videos, such a great teacher, and this language is amazing!!

@PatrickJouannes 3 года назад

Excellent ! 100% The sound of a horse is exactly the same in French !

@LearnXhosa 3 года назад

oui oui 😁

@NNGans 5 лет назад

My home language, proud to be Xhosa

@Kaidhicksii Год назад

I've been doing this click for as long as I remember, usually unintentionally but sometimes deliberately. Of course it's actually a language. I had no idea up until now.

@pachan79 4 года назад

You broke it down so well!! Thank you!!!! Blessed is love UBUNTU

@user-wq4yn6sx9b 4 года назад

It's so amazing for me!

@SkyeValentine6927 5 лет назад

I'm here for Madiba. After reading long walk to freedom :)

@ryandepauw 6 лет назад

Fabulous! Thanks for teaching the world!

@LearnXhosa 6 лет назад

Thanks Ryan!

@bubbleteabeatboxx 2 года назад

I need to learn isiXhosa for school, so thx for the help!!

@hannahs5707 6 лет назад

Anyone else here because of Black Panther? 😂

@Jenjen-qc5eq 6 лет назад

I a black Brit and here because of Black Panther.

@KMO325 6 лет назад

Pretty much.

@Yak1312 6 лет назад

....................yes..........Im learning this to train my dogs in this language.

@selmastaaf8243 6 лет назад

I’m Xhosa originated but I live in Sweden so I don’t know how to speak it and I saw Black panther a week ago, so I wanted to dive into the language again.

@maxomax9039 6 лет назад

Do u kno da wae

@SianLondon 6 лет назад

This is really interesting, thank you. I wanted to learn more after watching Black Panther

@brandonmorel2658 Год назад

I didn't know that random click sound I sometimes made when I was bored was so important to an entire language. Nice video.

@BridMhor 10 лет назад

Very well explained. Thanks.

@karesawarner6296 6 лет назад

Bríd Ní Fhlatharta Indeed! 👏👏👏

@toho3382 8 лет назад

fascinating ! the different gap-wide changes the wave frequency of the clicking loud. fine nuances difference. very interesting for me as a music producer and hobby linguist. thank you for the short explanation video :-)

@cloyun-hee9564 5 лет назад

To Ho Very late reply but I think it's because you start to articulate the vowel preemptively and depending on which vowel it is, the tongue changes position, modifying the space in the oral cavity, thus changing how the click resonates within it

@disabilisolari 4 года назад

This is really an amazing, wonderful language. (And this girl is STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL!)

@LearnXhosa 4 года назад

We agree!

@anthonychilders9549 Год назад

I’ve almost got it down pat. My only issue, and this is just me on a personal, is that particular click sound bothers my ears. But i’m learning how to get used to it! Thank you so much!

@skeptic781 2 года назад

Very fun to pronounce :)

@azuriiru Год назад

I find the click itself easy, actually! But following it with a vowel is a completely different matter though. Interestingly enough it's a sound that's used in my area, but it has nothing to do with the language itself. We use very similar sounding clicking either two times in succession or a bunch of times to attract the attention of cats!

@ansei4th 7 лет назад

how wonderful to learn different culture!

@UsikuA 4 года назад

Most excellent!

@mimsydreams 11 месяцев назад

We called this "Sucking your teeth" as kids. I'm just now realizing, from this video, it's the same motion, just adding vowels to it! It's something you did in exasperation or annoyance at someone else, where for Xhosa language, it's just a regular speech sound. Edit: My dog looking at me funny, while I'm trying to practice outloud, also made me realize it's close to the clicking sound you'd make when calling a dog. I can't whistle, so I always did clicks instead. I'm only sharing cause it might help someone else realize the shape and position of their tongue needed to make Xhosa click :)

@parameshthota5491 3 года назад

Great easy to learn thank you so much

@Bozewani 6 лет назад

Ndiathanda olwimi Oluxhosa Ndiqondi bonke amacofu amathathu amaXhosa Ndiafundile isiXhosa benzile abantwana abaculaza abaMzantsi

@grimreaper1551 3 года назад

It came very natural to me I could always make the clock sound even as a kid and adding the vowels afterwards was pretty easy for me

@SebastianPerezG 5 лет назад

This is EXCELENT , AMAZING !!!

@JayHeartwing 3 года назад

E (click) celent

@tyty913 6 лет назад

This is the language they were speaking in Black Panther I must learn this language

@catherinekuo6827 Год назад

It’s a very interesting teaching of this beautiful language! Thank you❤

@joeblow578 6 лет назад

Very helpful, after years of wondering!

@paulozhan 7 лет назад

I am a student of phonetics and phonology, and to me the main issue here is that in order to reproduce the click, you are required to do a brief air suction. That is impossible to conjugate with the pronunciation of a vowel, which requires that you exhale, so there will always be a gap between the X and the vowel. I've been trying to reduce that gap through practice, but no matter how many times I do it, there's always a noticeable interruption of air flow mid way. Any tips?

@TheBlkQueen 6 лет назад

When i do it, I'm able to inhale and exhale with no gap. I was able to do it well by practicing for a little under 5 minutes xD I'm just putting my tongue on the top of my mouth. Not all the way up front, but just in between the the flat and rigid area. Then i pull back my tongue quickly with a slight suction. I think that's the best way i can explain.

@jerroldkazynski5480 Год назад

I recently finished the novel, "Frontiers," which was published in mid-1990s. I don't have the author, but it's 1,300 pages about the history of South Africa since European first visit. The Xhosa people (forgot already!) figure prominently in this book.

@scraggledy 3 года назад

Thank you! I was always a huge fan of Miriam Makeba and happy to learn the X click!

@TRADERSFRIEND Год назад

Gorgeous girl, excellent pronunciation explanation!!!

@ipayanmatos 5 лет назад

I’m here because of Trevor Noah lol This is such a cool language!

@seancoreyadams8339 3 года назад

Found my way here after listening to a Brenda Fassie album and wanting to learn more. Thank you, this was extremely helpful.

@mariasalomao-schmidt5876 7 лет назад

You are an awesome teacher!

@solomonmusiq3548 7 лет назад

Oh lord I love this language

@mztwixed Год назад

So cool! Thank you for sharing this.

@kendra8539 4 года назад

This is awesome. Thanks for sharing this with us.

@hskallinger4250 6 лет назад

Thank you! That was easy to follow. So, all "X" in Xhosa (such as in names) is this click?

@takarasights 8 месяцев назад

thank you! great video

@Muslimah1987 5 лет назад

You are insanely beautiful, wow. Also, thanks for the video :P

@ricardobrandao3203 2 месяца назад

Simply incredible!!!

@originalsupermommy Год назад

This is the easiest click for me as I already use it as you said "the horsey click" with my animals. Thank you! Will keep practicing.

@yveschampollion9326 5 лет назад

Very well explained!

@apc4y 5 лет назад

This lady is excellent.

@Tri-Goat 3 года назад

this helped a lot, thanks!

@sam.v 3 года назад

this is really helpful, thanks! now I can pronounce it!

@tanithalakai4538 2 года назад

Such a beautiful and unique language

@artsymarxist Год назад

this was fascinating, thank you! I could say it by the end

@brigitteroy976 6 лет назад

i wondered for so long, thanXs

@xEnjoyTheMoment 3 года назад

aweome video! thank you!

@LearnXhosa 3 года назад

Thank you too!

@mariostraussvonhohenzoll9837 Год назад

Crazy! I love it!

@stephenadonis3953 6 лет назад

You're really amazing. The thing sounds so cool. I hope I'll get it some day. I'm really trying though

@NS1. 10 месяцев назад

I find this to be very cool sounding for some reason. 😎

@innocentmuradzikwa2319 6 лет назад

Please make more videos!!! you are amazing!!!

@JapanShopBrazil 2 года назад

Exactly same as Brazilian Portuguese just add a click, very easy! Ifi got paid id try learning this.

@JJC007 Год назад

I am very fascinated w the click language

@YMRevers 5 лет назад

This is incredible.

@horseygurl143 2 года назад

Good job explaining!

@czarinaczar 4 года назад

The girl is gorgeous with great skin and the colours she has on suit her.

@CleideSilva-lm1mq 3 года назад

Interessantíssimo 😃

@beebetree9674 9 лет назад

Wow...So amazing : D the clicks dont seem to hard... the sound reminds me of a snap...or saly/ pepper shaker lol. :)

@elenagianfrate875 5 лет назад

Fun to try pronounce it. A challenging language

@Wolzahhsz 8 лет назад

Omg my tongue hurts!!

@memfan7417 5 лет назад

Okay, so I admit I came because of Black Panther, but the movie rejuvenated my interest in singing the South African national anthem property. That explanation is absolutely incredible!

@KenKwameWrites 2 года назад

Thank you!

@rapazdiogo 6 лет назад

Que fantástico

@frankcsi001 8 лет назад

Love it.!!!!!!!!

@flightwithtools 3 года назад

thank you!

@MemekingJag 2 года назад

Interesting how sounds totally foreign to most languages can be second nature to some. If you've learned Xhosa, you just need to practice a rolling Scottish accent, and the whistling language of Spanish Canary Islands and you're basically Larvell Jones from police academy.