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Alphabet in Xhosa Language
Knowing the Xhosa alphabet is essential in learning the Xhosa Language. Xhosa alphabet configuration is practiced in a day-to-day conversation. Without the Xhosa alphabet, it is extremely hard to speak the Xhosa words correctly even if anyone understand how to write those key phrases in Xhosa. Learn More
Like in any language, the better you articulate a letter in a word, the easier grasped you’ll be in conversing in the Xhosa language. Here are a few links that redirects you to the Xhosa alphabet and exactly how it is actually pronounced in English.
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Vowels in Xhosa Alphabet
| a | like a in hard |
| e | like e in red |
| i | like ee in seen |
| o | like a in all |
| u | like oo in moon |
Consonants in Xhosa Alphabet
| d, f, h, j, l, m, n | Pronounced as in English |
| s, sh, v, w, y, z | Pronounced as in English |
| dl | Similar in sound to hl (see below) |
| g | always like g in go |
| hl | Place your tongue to the side of your mouth and expel the air (like Welsh ll sound) |
| ts | A hissing sound made by placing your tongue just above your teeth and ejecting air. |
| tsh | similar to dge in judge |
| ty | similar to dge in judge |
| r | pronounced like "ch" in Reich |
Semi Vowels/ Diphthongs in Xhosa Alphabet
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