ᱠᱷᱳᱥᱟ ( /ˈkɔːsə,_ˈksə/[][][] ᱠᱷᱳᱥᱟ ᱨᱟᱹᱲ: [kǁʰóːsa]) ᱤᱥᱤᱥᱠᱷᱳᱥᱟ ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢ ᱛᱮᱦᱚᱸ ᱵᱟᱲᱟᱭᱚᱜᱼᱟ, ᱱᱚᱣᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱱᱜᱩᱱᱤ ᱵᱟᱱᱴᱩ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱠᱷᱳᱥᱟ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱮᱛᱚᱢ ᱟᱯᱷᱨᱤᱠᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱡᱤᱢᱵᱟᱵᱩᱭᱮ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱚᱨᱠᱟᱨᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱩᱸᱫᱽ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾[][] ᱱᱚᱣᱟ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱭᱚ ᱟᱲᱟᱝ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱟᱢᱫᱟᱡᱽ ᱘.᱒ ᱢᱤᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱟᱨ ᱟᱨᱦᱚᱸ ᱑᱑ ᱢᱤᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱜᱟᱱ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱫᱚᱥᱟᱨ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱚᱲᱼᱟ ᱾

ᱠᱷᱳᱥᱟ
isiXhosa
ᱨᱟᱹᱲ[ᵏǁʰóːsa] (listen)
ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱴᱷᱟᱶᱮᱛᱚᱢ ᱟᱯᱷᱨᱤᱠᱟ
ᱮᱞᱟᱠᱟᱥᱟᱢᱟᱝ ᱠᱮᱯ
ᱯᱟᱪᱮ ᱠᱮᱯ
ᱯᱷᱨᱤ ᱥᱴᱮᱴ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱭ ᱮᱛᱚᱢ ᱴᱚᱴᱷᱟ
ᱜᱟᱣᱴᱮᱝ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱝ ᱴᱚᱴᱷᱟ
ᱠᱳᱣᱟᱡᱩᱞᱩᱼᱱᱟᱛᱟᱞ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱮᱛᱚᱢ ᱴᱚᱴᱷᱟ
ᱠᱚᱧᱮ ᱠᱮᱯ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱝ ᱴᱚᱴᱷᱟ
ᱡᱟᱹᱛᱠᱷᱳᱥᱟ
ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ
᱘.᱒ ᱢᱤᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ (᱐᱘ ᱢᱟᱨᱪ ᱒᱐᱒᱐
᱑᱑ ᱢᱤᱞᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱫᱚᱥᱟᱨ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱨᱚᱲᱼᱦᱚᱲ (᱒᱐᱐᱒)[]
ᱚᱞ ᱛᱚᱦᱚᱨ
ᱞᱟᱛᱤᱱ (ᱠᱷᱳᱥᱟ ᱪᱤᱠᱤ)
ᱠᱷᱳᱥᱟ ᱵᱽᱨᱮᱭᱤᱞ
ᱩᱫᱩᱜ ᱪᱤᱱᱦᱟᱹ
Signed Xhosa[]
ᱥᱚᱨᱠᱟᱨᱤ ᱢᱟᱱᱚᱛ
ᱟᱹᱢᱟᱹᱞᱮᱛ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱴᱚᱴᱷᱟ
 ᱮᱛᱚᱢ ᱟᱯᱷᱨᱤᱠᱟ
ᱞᱮᱠᱷᱟᱥᱤᱫ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
ᱢᱟᱹᱱ ᱮᱢᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱴᱷᱟᱶ
ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱠᱳᱰ
ISO 639-1xh
ISO 639-2xho
ISO 639-3xho
ᱜᱞᱳᱴᱳᱞᱳᱜᱽxhos1239[]
S.41[]
ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱴᱚᱴᱷᱟ99-AUT-fa incl.
varieties 99-AUT-faa
to 99-AUT-faj +
99-AUT-fb (isiHlubi)
ᱠᱚᱧᱮ ᱟᱯᱷᱨᱤᱠᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱨᱮᱠᱚ ᱨᱚᱲᱼᱮᱫ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱠᱷᱳᱥᱟ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱚᱱᱩᱯᱟᱛ
  ᱐–᱒᱐%
  ᱒᱐–᱔᱐%
  ᱔᱐–᱖᱐%
  ᱖᱐–᱘᱐%
  ᱘᱐–᱑᱐᱐%
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ᱠᱷᱳᱥᱟ
ᱢᱟᱹᱱᱢᱤumXhosa
ᱦᱚᱲamaXhosa
ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤisiXhosa
ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢkwaXhosa

ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱧ

ᱥᱟᱯᱲᱟᱣ

ᱚᱛᱱᱚᱜ ᱪᱷᱮᱨ

ᱥᱟᱯᱲᱟᱣ

ᱪᱟᱸᱜᱟ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱠᱚ

ᱥᱟᱯᱲᱟᱣ

ᱚᱨᱛᱷᱚᱜᱽᱨᱟᱯᱷᱤ

ᱥᱟᱯᱲᱟᱣ

ᱥᱟᱫᱷᱟᱬᱚᱱ ᱟᱹᱭᱟᱹᱛ

ᱥᱟᱯᱲᱟᱣ

ᱱᱟᱜᱟᱢ

ᱥᱟᱯᱲᱟᱣ

ᱵᱟᱨᱦᱮ ᱡᱚᱱᱚᱲ

ᱥᱟᱯᱲᱟᱣ

ᱥᱟᱹᱠᱷᱭᱟᱹᱛ

ᱥᱟᱯᱲᱟᱣ
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  9. The following languages, namely Chewa, Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Koisan, Nambya, Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona, sign language, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, and Xhosa are the officially recognised languages of Zimbabwe. l(CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE (final draft) Archived ᱒᱐᱑᱓-᱑᱐-᱐᱒ at the Wayback Machine.).