Why Xhosa is the Hardest Language to Learn in Africa | Africa in 30 Seconds 

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Koesa 😂

Easy to learn if you are Bantu. Many Bantu peoples from Kenya down to all the regions of South Africa have languages that have common connotations of saying things. In Zambia you have Ngoni and Nyanja which has similar sounding words. In Malawi it would be Nsenga, Kenya has Swahili and so on. For many African people in the Southern parts of Africa it is easy to pick up certain words and learn the language quickly. In Zimbabwe, Ndebele would be the closest but ultimately, the click sounds are indeed the hardest to learn. My mother MHSRIP was Xhosa but we grew up in Zambia and she was always speaking Xhosa with her South African friends. My father was Lozi which is similar to Seswati (a language spoken in some parts of Swaziland and South Africa). I am not a fluent speaker of Xhosa but understand about 60-70% of it when it is spoken and I speak it quite basic. Most of family now live in South Africa and they have transitioned well and speak it fluently. I suppose also that having been around many different languages in Zambia, I am able to pick up languages easily. The easiest I found was Japanese and Korean. French and German are easy to learn, so is Spanish, but I find the Swedish and the other Scandinavian languages easier to pick up. Just gifted, I guess. I went to Greece and had I stayed there a few months would have been forced to learn it quickly because no one messes around in Greece. They speak English but everyone just speaks Greek there…forgot to add that Nigerian languages for me are the hardest. Can’t get my ear round that. So, West Africa is out for me. And yet I picked up Japanese so easily which has surprisingly intonations of African sounding words. Looks like the world was one and spoke the same language at one point…

I'm Xhosa and I love my language ❤ I wish africans who were colonized by French or Portuguese can speak their native languages instead of colonial languages 😢

I am the only Indian ,working with many Xhosa speaking people .I love this language and learnt a little .Vetri EC Komani ,Molweni.🙏🇿🇦🇿🇦🙏

Hayiiii what is Kusaaah?😅

Beautiful Language ❤

I used to love hearing the great Miriam Makeba singing ”The Click Song”… As a little black girl in America back in the 60’s, this was my first exposure to Africa! Love the clicking…how amazing, the diversity of language on the planet - so much of it right on the continent of Africa! 😊❤️🙏🏾 for sharing this!

Hey wena it's Xhosa

In 2011 Xhosa was estimated 8 million and now they are 9 million population.

This Xhosa lady appreciates that you mentioned my people. You will likely not use that many clicks in one sentence 😊

I really like it and am sure I can get it. Am from Namibia.

Xhosa's on top. 🇿🇦

I am in love with the lady n the language

Already fallen in love with the language

Beautiful creation ❤️🙏

Alhamdulilah! That's what's up man.

Even Damara/Nama is also the hardest language to learn in Africa it has also the same clicks... Where are my Namibians who will agree with me ❤

Beautiful to look at the morning 🌞🌄

It is also spoken in Zimbabwe and Botswana

I WANNA LEARN IT….very interesting

The clicks were adopted when after the Bantu migration to South Africa. The Khoi and San languages (which South African governments have and are actively trying to kill) are even more intense.

Wow, I just fell in love with this language. How do I get materials to learn this language. Any app available for me to learn this language? I will spend the rest of my life to learn how to speak this lovely sounding language. I love the ASMR of the click sounds. WOW

The priest who baptised my 1st boy, John, in August 1982 at Saint Brigid's Church downtown Ottawa, Father Cosmos Mogela from Tanzania, doing his doctorate in political science a the University of Carleton in Ottawa speaks Xhosa famous for its clicks. :D Ken, Toronto, CANADA

There's Actually more Xhosa speakers in KwaZulu Natal than there are in Northern Cape

Im struggling to effortlessly merge my clicks like this. 😂😂😂 I recognize so many words but because i struggle to speak it i still answer in English. Im still going to keep trying. I gotta learn it.

This week and I am to have a great 😃👍

I'm so grateful for channels like the lovely and beautiful African Xhosa ASMR for teaching me how to pronounce it, history and so much more 🥰

I've been saying this. I feel as if you learn isiXhosa, you can learn any language on Earth because it allows your vanacular to become so flexible pronunciation of other tongues becomes that much more easier, to learn and grasp. A beautiful intricate language indeed

Let me tellyou all xhosa people learned those sounds from the khoi and san people lol 😊

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Beautiful language and ... Very complex ❤😂

Hello my good people I am very amazed by so much Rich history such a beautiful and amazing place from what I've seen I'm learning so much the rich history it's mind blowing its something many beautiful people over God bless peace be unto you

Whoa 🥰🇿🇦👋

My goodness the woman/girl on the cover picture is GORGEOUS!!! Thank you for this video South Africa is awesome! South Africa is home!

We Mama!! Koosa

They amazingly use so much clicks.

🤩 Koosah 🤩

My friend is a Xhosa but I am zulu

I agree

Nice looking people wuth nice teeth. Speak crazy!😊

I'm from Somalia and the Xhosa language for me is the easiest language to learn in South Africa

I am from Zimbabwe and I can speak it ,I am shona but can speak Ndebele .I tried to learn Swahili and Hebrew it is so easy and hs some words that are similr

All languages have African roots.

My goodness she is beautiful, so are the clicks like a comma?

Babalwa Mcaciso!!

Easy its very easy bro

"khusahh"😂😂😂😂😂 it's like he's meditating or something!!

I learned russian, korean, swahili,and a little thai. This IS the hardest language I've ever come across.

Love the clicking of the tongue part of United States children use to do this all the time and to form different sounds does require concentration.

That must help them a lot with their standard of living. And May I add poetry?

Koosaaa 🤣🤣🤣

Interesting

Isixhosa - the most difficult? What about Khoekhoegowab, Sandawe, endangered Tuu languages like N||ng & N/uu?

Awukwazi nokuthetha isiXhosa

Koesa is funny af😂😂

black queens looking nice as always 🔥😍

If you guys think xhosa is the most difficult language to learn then ya'll should do a reasearch on damara-nama or as we call it in Namibia (khoi-khoi kowab). It has way more clicking sounds and it's actually where xhosa originates. It's a language spoken by the San people

The hardest is Hadzabe of Tanzania. Thaat is complex.

isiXhosa is hard but I'm determined.

Coosahh 😂😂😂

Coolsa, coolsa

UYesu uyindlela, inyaniso nobomi

> "The hardest language to learn" > Absolutely butchers the name Apparently the hardest to pronounce also XD

🗣️🎙️Aybo😩khusa😯yoo😅kunzima aapha.

Similar to hadzabe tribe from Tanzania

"Koosaa"...😂🤦🏽‍♀️

Hardest language to learn is definitely the San language...

Big misconception here🤦‍♂️the hardest language to learn on earth is the khoi or san language, whilst Xhosa in its purest form is a dialect of the Nguni language( same to the zulu, swazi and ndebele languages) the Nguni speakers that lived closer to the san or khoi incorporated many of their words into their nguni language hence the clicks that are present in the xhosa language today, even the name Xhosa is a khoi word

Khoi has joined the conversation, I can’t guess a single word when they speak. One of the san languages in South Africa. Definitely has more clicks than Xhosa, by the sound of it

Why You pronounce it like that😭💀

Can we have people from those areas to do the voice overs and not Ai cause wow. The pronounciation of these words guys.Gauteng and Xhosa.

Nope there are Xhosa in Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 please do your research please please please

Not me correcting an AI in pronunciation 😢😂😅

Maybe it's easier for peo. Speak a similar language like Zulu or Ndebele, to learn Xhosa, although I agree, it's probably the hardest language in South Africa by far.

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What about Taa and !Kung and Sandawe?

lool, why do i her khoi khoi 😂😂

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I can't learn xhosa❤️❤️❤️❤️🤣

man pls narrate about king menelik

I'm still trying to learn it

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Koossa

Xhousa

Xhosa is not difficult to learn. Some people might be intimidated by the clicks, but it is quite similar to Zulu - about 90% of the vocabulary is mutually intelligible and the sentence structure is exactly the same, which also has clicks but people think it is easier simply because the name Zulu is more familiar. Every day Xhosa is not made up of many clicks, same with every day Zulu.

Ohh Thixo wam im speaking Khusa🥱

Xhosa , soe say it like kosa in Afrikaans

"Khoosa" 😶 Andiyazi noba mandihleke na okanye ndothuke!

Ill get a wife from one of them, beautiful ❤️🎉

Kunjani😊😊 i hope im spelling it right

Hey AI, you can't pronounce Xhosa

khusa!

come to Nigeria and learn Calabar

Right out of the gate you got the pronunciation wrong😂😂 Xhosa is prounced with a click.

Damn

Not even gone try to learn that lol

Silula isixhosa futhi yintoni ikhosa😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

You say it Akosa

Kusaaah🤣🤣🤣🤣