Xhosa lesson by Nelson Sebezela, guide for Calabash Tours in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, interviewed by Patrick Leighton. Filmed and edited by Silvio Marchini.
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awesome language. …
awesome language. lol
I’m trying to learn …
I’m trying to learn Zulu, which is sort of like Xhosa with the click sounds, so this video helps a lot with pronunciation.
African languages are fun for linguistic nerds such as myself.
That’s amazing! …
That’s amazing! Absolutely amazing … could listen to them speaking for ages and keep admiring :]
@thetreyjameskiss …
@thetreyjameskiss you should listen myriam makea she sang in Xhosa.there is also a xhosa hip hip ( much more interesting ) IMO
Ooh, sooo good. …
Ooh, sooo good. Gonna send this to my South African friend.
people do learn …
people do learn chinese, right? and with trained linguists the accents can be reduced a great deal.. every watched my fair lady? some of it is true
@latenaito Actually …
@latenaito Actually, it is possible. I taught myself how to say the Xhosa sound “q”. C and X, I still have trouble with.
call me ignorant …
call me ignorant but is it humanly possible for someone who wasnt born into these tongue click languages to learn to speak them in complete fluency? i can’t imagine it!!
look up Miriam …
look up Miriam Makeba
Fuck the …
the fuckers! And I thought Arabic was freaking hard.
how do you sing in …
how do you sing in this language?
how do you sing in …
how do you sing in this language?
ew it’s so hard to …
but it sounds really cool 
ew it’s so hard to pronounce Xhosa! i feel like a fool when i try to make that sound
This language is so …
This language is so cool. have been to SA 3x and I still can’t click but my 11 mounth old can
Great video.
Thank …
Great video.
Thank you!
Good video. …
Good video. Excellent language. Please continue to post Xhosa videos.
PE is such a …
PE is such a wonderful place with warm and friendly people. I spent 3 months this year volunteering through Calabash. I miss you, Nelson! Enkosi!
o3o my goodness
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o3o my goodness
this guy is so excellent at pronouncing the Xhosa words
that was fast talk too
Very excellent
love the clicks too XD
The townships …
The townships around PE aren’t that bad.
sheeez that sound …
sheeez that sound really hard!
this is a difficult …
this is a difficult language to pronounce and I thought German was difficult………!!!
i love this guy, he …
i love this guy, he has a great sense of humour
i love all of africa
from an ethiopian brother
I love the Bantu …
I love the Bantu languages, they have a sing-song quality to them.
woah it sounds …
woah it sounds really difficult 0.0! but that makes me want to learn that language it even more lol =D!
For a full …
For a full translation of the ‘q’ proverb, search “Xhosa Proverb”, go to the first video, and look in the comments. This one was cut off.